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]

References

1. ^ Invention Awards: The Flying Belt
2. ^ Powered Rope Ascender and Portable Rope Pulling Device
3. ^ Powered Rope Ascender and Portable Rope Pulling Device (continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/376,721)
4. ^ MIT Men's Outdoor Track & Field Varsity Records
5. ^ Nathan Ball: 2007 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner

External links

• Atlas Devices, LLC

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