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Professor turns childhood Double Dutch idea into a real machine
Posted
August 4, 2026
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August 4, 2026
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2:22Now PlayingAs a child, engineering professor Tahira Reid Smith sketched a machine that could turn Double Dutch skipping ropes without human help for a school assignment. Forty years later, she's brought her childhood idea to life with a working prototype called 'Jump Dreams.'
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