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Jordan Reeves has his own approach to prosthetics: if most designers try to give artificial limbs the functionality of real arms and legs, eleven-year-old Jordan gives free rein to the imagination.
A young transhumanist was born without the forearm of her left hand. Last year, the girl took part in the Autodesk Superhero Cyborgs program, where, under the supervision of the company's specialists, she designed and printed a prosthesis in the form of a sparkling gun. The funny glitter gun is called Project Unicorn or Project Unicorn. After participating in several competitions, the girl gained well-deserved fame, after which Autodesk and Dremel presented the young craftswoman a 3D desktop printer, and the Awesome Foundation added a $ 1,000 bonus for the purchase of supplies.
Recently, Jordan took up a more practical version of the prosthesis - a mechanical artificial arm with interchangeable nozzles. First of all, the girl and her mentors, Autodesk designer Sam Hobish and prosthetist David Rotter, tried out the findings of the open e-Nable project, but did not achieve significant success, since the existing designs require a functional wrist or elbow. As a result, the team decided to design their own 3D-printed shoulder prosthesis.
Having received a new hand, Jordan again showed unshakable cheerfulness: since the design allows changing nozzles, what is necessary first thing after the standard “grabber”? Pirate hook, of course! In addition, the girl is going to make a device that helps to cope with toilet paper, which is not so simple to do with one hand. The second version of the glitter gun is also being tested, although it recently broke after another stormy demonstration. “I'm still shaking sparkles out of my clothes,” Hobish laughs.
Rotter is somewhat more restrained about 3D-printed prostheses. Although the prosthetist keeps a 3D printer in his clinic using a device for customizing artificial limbs, he himself is in no hurry to supply his patients with fully printed prostheses, complaining of insufficient reliability. “As for shoulder prostheses, I just don’t think that we have reached the required level for 3D printing of prostheses, which could be billed to insurance companies,” the doctor explains.
