Nathan Ball

Nathan Ball

Nathan "Nate" Barker Ball (born May 13, 1983 in Newport, Oregon) works as a host on the PBS Kids show Design Squad. Ball has appeared in an episode of Myth Busters, a History Channel special on Batman technology, in an insurance advertisement, and in a FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman season 4 episode.

He holds two degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a B.S. (2005) and an M.S. (2007).

He won the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2007.

He co-founded a business to develop the ATLAS Powered Rope Ascender, a tool he helped create that enables "reverse rappelling" up vertical surfaces at high speed.[1]

He is listed as the co-inventor on 6 patent applications.[citation needed][2][3]

He is a two-time NCAA All-American pole-vaulter and MIT’s outdoor record holder in the sport, with a record jump of 16' 8 ¾".[4][5]

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