There's a New Prosthesis Designed for Dancing on Pointe

There’s a new tool that lets amputee ballet dancers perform on pointe. As reported in Dezeen, an architecture and design magazine, industrial designer Jae-Hyun An has created a prosthesis he calls the “Marie . T” (after Marie Taglioni, of course) that allows dancers with below-the-knee amputations to do pointe work. A carbon fiber calf absorbs […]