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April 2025 · Impact Report
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Melbourne, FL
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West Shore Jr/Sr High
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Recent issues.
The kit that made a 6-year-old want to be an engineer
Maya had been in the pediatric ward for eleven days when her nurse brought in the Vertical Ball Launcher. What happened next stopped the entire floor.
Maya had been in the pediatric ward for eleven days when her nurse brought in the Vertical Ball Launcher. What happened next stopped the entire floor.
How a failed print at 2am became our best kit yet
The Walking Robot's feet were snapping off on every third step. Three students stayed until midnight rethinking the joint geometry from scratch.
847 kits — the number we never thought we'd reach.
When we started with one printer and five students, 100 kits seemed impossibly far. Here's how we got to 847 — the partnerships, the hard nights.
I've never seen a 6-year-old concentrate that hard on anything. She built the whole thing herself and cried when it worked.
Registered Nurse
Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando
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