Double Dutch Liane Hansen visits the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for a demonstration of Dutch 2000 -- an automatic jump rope turner invented by a young engineering student named Tahira Reid. The machine is designed to be used by one person in Double-Dutch rope jumping.

Double Dutch

September 24, 200012:00 AM ET

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Double Dutch

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Liane Hansen visits the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for a demonstration of Dutch 2000 — an automatic jump rope turner invented by a young engineering student named Tahira Reid. The machine is designed to be used by one person in Double-Dutch rope jumping.