--- --- # Watch Robert Downey Jr. Give a Real Bionic Arm to an Incredibly Dapper Kid by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2015 8:18 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2015 8:18 PM UTC In case you need another reason to love Robert Downey Jr., the _Iron Man_ star recently presented a 3D-printed, real-life bionic arm to a little boy named Alex — who the star noted on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=406208302880974) is “the most dapper 7-year-old I’ve ever met.” “Do you know who that is?” Alex is asked in the video. “Iron Man,” he responds with an excited smile, prompting viewers everywhere to hide their teary eyes behind their computer screens. Downey Jr. worked in conjunction with Microsoft [One Note](http://office.tumblr.com/#KOYLXW2DF82C9ep3.97)‘s [#CollectiveProject](https://twitter.com/search?q=collectiveproject&src=typd) and Albert Manero, a Fulbright scholar and mechanical engineer whose organization [Limbitless Solutions](http://www.limbitless-solutions.org) helps provide 3D-printed prosthetics to people around the world. While doing the good deed, Downey Jr. maintained his famously suave persona. “Nice bow tie, by the way,” he told Alex, a who has some seriously stellar taste. Robert Downey Jr. Gives Bionic Arm to Dapper 7-Year-Old ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3743052/robert-downey-jr-bionic-arm-3d-printed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3743052/robert-downey-jr-bionic-arm-3d-printed/"},"headline":"Watch Robert Downey Jr. Give a Real Bionic Arm to an Incredibly Dapper Kid","datePublished":"2015-03-12T20:18:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:38.376Z","description":"\"Nice bow tie, by the way.\"","url":"https://time.com/3743052/robert-downey-jr-bionic-arm-3d-printed/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Iron Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3743052/robert-downey-jr-bionic-arm-3d-printed/","name":"Watch Robert Downey Jr. Give a Real Bionic Arm to an Incredibly Dapper Kid"}}]}] ```