Converging technologies took on a new meaning
during Steinmetz Symposium on Friday when seniors
Scott Bichan and Heather Babcock were having some
trouble getting their musical shoes to work for a TV reporter.
In a moment of inspiration that looked like it came straight out of MacGyver (the TV series whose main
character had knack for finding solutions in tight pinches), Bichan solicited a piece of chewing gum from the audience. Seconds later, he used the chewed gum to reattach a loose wire on one of the shoes' circuit boards.
And Babcock, who was wearing the shoes, went
on with the show.