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 a new and improved sparkle-shooter for Project Unicorn. Her design partner, Sam Hobish, sent her small pieces of plastic we could shape around her little arm to try and use it to harness the motion of her arm and get the elbow to bend.Here's how it went:
Jordan is bummed. But I'm trying to encourage her to get back to the drawing board and take advantage of the amount of arm she does have instead of trying to build a design creating something she doesn't have (like an elbow). I have
how current 3D printed prosthetic designs are just not enough for her arm. Unfortunately, that remains true. I love pushing new design forward, but I also hope Jordan and Sam can work on a design for her glitter shooter that takes advantage of what Jordan already has... I think that's why her current working shooter is so cool.But, this isn't my design. This is Jordan's. So I'll try to step back and let her fail and keep trying until she comes up with a prototype that works.