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I’m a dancing cowgirl – people say God ‘broke the mold’ with me, even when I mess up and fall in the dirt
TIKTOK users can’t pass up a dance trend, even all the way out in the country.
One cowgirl showed off her fancy footwork and gained fans even though she faltered.
If you scroll through the TikTok page of certified country girl Bethany Edwards (@bethanyedwards718), you’ll see horses, hats, and hay.
The cowgirl isn’t shy about her down-home roots, but she did show the “simple life” can get awfully complicated when there’s dancing involved.
In a video, Edwards almost mastered a complicated country dance.
But she fell short (literally) in the final moments of her routine.
Dressed in a bell-sleeved crop top, Edwards did a “cowgirl boogie.”
She dropped it low in her distressed Levis and kicked her leather boots up.
As she twirled a fake lasso above her western hat, Edwards looked picture-perfect.
But in the last few seconds of her two-step, she plopped flat on her bottom in the dirt.
“Practiced this dance forever and this is what happened,” Edwards lamented in the video’s caption.
Edwards laughed off her embarrassment, and thanks to compliments from commenters, her ego recovered quickly.
“Love it, blooper and all,” one admirer wrote.
Another said despite her blunder, she was still “Perfection in a video.”
“You are stunningly gorgeous,” said one person.
An envious commenter told Edwards, “You make everything look good.”
“God broke the mold when he made you, cause wow,” said a delighted fan.
Several complimented her dancing. “You got the moves,” a man wrote.
Only a few commenters expressed concern for her well-being.
One man said it “looked like a cute fall” but still asked, “Are you okay, though?”
“Thanks, my ankle actually hurts still a little,” Edwards admitted.
“Well, put some ice on it and relax for a bit,” the man responded. “I’d like to see more of your dancing.”
Researchers are using sound-waves and holograms to instantly mold tiny 3D shapes
The idea of growing organs or tissues for medical use still sounds like science fiction — and indeed, it’s an incredibly difficult thing to do. 3D-printing technology has shown some promise in the field of biofabrication, but the process is too slow, and often damages the tissue it’s working with. Researchers in Germany may have a solution: using holograms and sound fields to rapidly assemble matter in 3D.
The process uses acoustic pressure to mold silica gel microspheres and other materials into complex 3D shapes. Pulling that off isn’t easy. The team first had to learn how to create complex, layered holographic shapes that were formed from sound, rather than light — and that takes an incredible amount of computational power. “The digitization of an entire 3D object into ultrasound hologram fields is computationally very demanding and required us to come up with a new computation routine,” one of the team’s researchers told FastCompany.
Once the hologram is complete, however, it can be used to mold various materials. The shapes the team has made so far aren’t very large — measuring less than an inch at the largest — but they are fairly complex. Even more impressive, the fabrication process happens quite quickly: One video included with the published study shows a clear cube with a cloudy liquid made of silica gel microspheres. Moments later, that cloud condenses into the shape of a helix.
Other experiments formed shapes using mouse myoblast cells, and the study’s lead author, Kai Melde, told FastCompany that the technology had potential to be used for bioprinting in the future. “Ultrasound is gentle and non-toxic to the cells,” Melde explained. “And the remote assembly without contact helps keep things sterile and the cells happy.” The study also explores the idea of using the technology for targeted drug delivery and rapid prototyping. For now though, the research stands as an interesting proof of concept for rapid-one-step assembly of 3D objects, and a potential, much faster alternative to 3D printing in the future.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/researchers-are-using-sound-waves-and-holograms-to-instantly-mold-tiny-3d-shapes-214040047.html?src=rss
Breaking the Mold, Building the Future: Women in Tech Take the LEAP in Saudi Arabia
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Redfall production designer: ‘Making a large, open world game, that was breaking the mold for us’
I’m a ballerina – some people think we destroy our pointe shoes but there’s a reason why we must mold them to our feet
A BALLERINA has cleared up the misconceptions people think about how they treat their pointe shoes.
As it turns out, there is a reason dancers need to mold them to their feet.
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Laura Gruener, a ballerina, explained the entire shoe situation in a Youtube short.
She kicked off the video by noting that most pointe shoes, even those that are custom, are not immediately wearable for dancing.
Therefore, she bends the soles of the shoes to “soften” them up.
While not everyone does this, she cuts the hem and sole of the shoe to bend it into the correct form.
It beats the alternative of getting expensive, custom shoes, she said, as she does not feel they are worth it.
Pointe shoes are also not meant to be heard.
So, Gruener literally bangs them to reduce the sound the shoe makes on the floor.
Ponte shoes actually get quieter the more you dance, she said.
However, some roles for ballets require harder shoes.
Those are expensive, and you can go through a pair or two in a week.
Oftentimes, a ballet company will give you shoes in these cases.
You can put some glue on the shoes to make them last longer, said Gruener.
“I often do it before I even start dancing in the shoe,” she said.
All of these rules and difficulties make pointe shoes hard to get into, let alone dance with.
“It literally feels like a brick on your foot or trying to mold it to your foot,” she said.
In the comments, fans couldn’t believe how difficult the shoe process is.
“I’ve heard this from multiple dancers, and I just can’t help but wonder why on earth they make them this way in the first place??” said one person.
“I have wayy more questions now,” said another.
“I’ve dated a couple dancers, and their poor feet,” commented a third.
“The amount of personal discomfort and straight up pain that they go through to achieve their careers and to make 10,000 people stand and cheer, is incredible and earns my respect.”