The man who could die from daylight Alex has a rare condition which means any exposure to daylight could kill him. His parents have built a protective suit for him from a visor but it tears easily.

Now materials expert and inventor Zoe Laughlin has been tasked with coming up with a solution for Alex. Can she change his life?

Inventing The Impossible: The Big Life Fix starts on BBC Two at 20:00 BST on Thursday 26 July and afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bc...

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