Get Ready, Maker Faire – Glitter is Coming

After getting back in town from Walt Disney World Resort, there was no time to waste! Jordan met up with her design partner, Sam Hobish, to talk about how their project is going. Where is it going? Well… It’s going back to San Francisco where this project started in the first place! Jordan and I…

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What if… Project Unicorn Creation Excitement

Jordan and her design partner, Sam Hobish, met twice this week to keep plugging away at Project Unicorn. Last weekend, Jordan realized the most recent design plan wasn’t going to work out. I was worried it would leave Jordan down on this project. Luckily, the disappointment didn’t last long. Sam’s great attitude helped Jordan pivot…

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Jordan Shares Her Project Unicorn Thoughts

Yesterday, I shared an update about how Jordan hit some snags in the building process for her latest 3D printed arm design. I know she was disappointed when she couldn’t find a way to bend the elbow based on the newest arm we have right now. After I posted the video we shot during the…

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Good Ideas Don’t Always Work

Jordan learned about the process of making ideas into a reality earlier this year at the KIDmob Superhero Cyborg workshop. But it’s been a while since she hit a huge wall in the maker process. And we’ve most certainly hit a wall. Last week, Jordan got a new 3D printed design to try and make into…

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A New Project Unicorn Prototype

Jordan continues to work on Project Unicorn with her design partner, Sam Hobish. They’re trying to figure out a way to take one of the newest 3D printed prosthetic designs and find ways to harness the little bit of movement at the base of Jordan’s little arm. Jordan and Sam met to talk through ideas…

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What Happens After Your Kid Goes Viral

This past week was a bit nutty. I was finally home from a long month of travel, the kids had Spring Break and I was working from home when I came down with whatever evil germs the kids gave me. It was a nasty one. But while I was working on important work stuff in…

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Keeping up with Project Unicorn

Ever since Jordan had a chance to spend almost a week in San Francisco with KIDmob and Autodesk to build her vision of a superhero that shoots sparkles from her arm, she’s shown a new version of confidence in her ability to create. Jordan says her superhero’s name is “Girl Blaster.” But our project still has…

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Turning into a Limb Difference Superhero

Every time I tell Jordan about a new baby born with a limb difference, she cheers. That’s because she isn’t sad about living with one hand. It’s a blessing. How many kids with two hands can say they have a bunch of extra hands? Two-handed kids don’t have a chance to go to Camp No Limits…

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A Chance to Build a Cyborg Tool

There are some really cool opportunities available for kids with limb differences… Including an opportunity to build helpful cyborg tools! Next month, there’s a chance to do just that in San Francisco! If you haven’t heard of Cyborg events before, our friend, 13-year-old David, who has an absent radial bone and thumb on his left hand wrote…

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