Growing up in Sydney, Australia, Jordan Nguyen attended Normanhurst Boys' High School on the Upper North Shore.

The wheelchair used cameras to observe its surroundings and provided navigation assistance to the operator whilst scanning the user's retinas as the means of delivering commands.

In 2016, ABC's Catalyst broadcast a two-part documentary on his work to increase 13-year-old Riley's physical independence in spite of his cerebral palsy.

[7][8] In 2016, Nguyen was nominated for Australian of the Year[9] and awarded one of Australia's most innovative engineers[10][11] He is currently working on improving the early diagnosis of disabilities in infants.

[13] In his third year of university, Nguyen dived into a friend's swimming pool, hit the bottom, and damaged the muscles in his neck.