Sunday, May 5, 2013

The Science Guy Goes En Pointe

While toodling around on Google Patents a while back I ran across this weird thing:
which is supposed to be the internal support structure of some kind of bizarre pointe shoe. And all I could think was "good grief, how the heck is that supposed to work?"
I never looked at the inventor's name or gave it any thought, really.
This afternoon I was looking for an image online, of a ballerina "floating" while holding a balloon. And one search term led to another and I learned that this insane contraption (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) was invented by none other than famous edutainment personality Bill Nye.
Well. There you go. You learn something new every day.

And now I wish that someone actually produced this crazy thing. Because, as a ballet and science enthusiast, I would totally buy some crazy Bill Nye shoes.

7 comments:

  1. Great. Now I've got "Bill Nye the Science Guy" stuck in my head...

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  2. I would definitely like to research how his pointe shoe is different or similar to the pointe shoes out there now. :) Bill Nye was pretty awesome back in the day! Not sure if you found the image of a ballerina floating with a balloon but I know Ballet Zaida has some nice ballerina balloon pics!!!

    I've just recently found your blog and I really like reading your posts! I nominated you for a Liebster blog award to say thank you for having a great blog! :)

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    1. Thanks so much!
      And actually, I think the ballerina/balloon picture I ended up with WAS, in fact, from Ballet Zaida!

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    2. That's so funny! Isn't Ballet Zaida amazing? One day I'd love to have some photos of me by him (as in one day when I'm finally ok with where I am in ballet).

      In case you're interested about learning more about the Liebster award - I wrote a post on it - that's where I officially nominated you. No pressure - just realized I didn't mention anything about my post. :)

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    3. Thanks for the nomination, I am right in the middle of moving so I am a little pressed for the time and energy to deal with stuff right now, but I promise I will get to it :)

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    4. Not to worry! I will be moving next week and not sure when I will resurface. Hope the move is going well! :) :)

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