Bill Nye invented a device for easily picking up a baseball, a ballerina toe shoe and the hydraulic resonance suppressor tube for Boeing 747 airplanes.
Bill Nye also helped to develop sundials that are used on the Mars Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
Bill Nye also holds 3 United States patents which is one patent for ballet pointe shoes, one patent for an educational magnifying glass which is created by filling a clear plastic bag with water and one patent for a device for training an athlete for throwing a ball.
Bill Nye also holds a design patent for a digital abacus.
Bill Nye's net worth is $15 million dollars and Bill Nye earns $2 million dollars annually through his television shows and books.
Bil Nye has also made millions of dollars through authoring science books for children.
Bill Nye got his start in Seattle when he began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing.
Bill Nye started is career in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube that is used on 747 airplanes.
Bill Nye worked for Boeing in Seattle and took part in their training films.
Also Bill Nye developed the resonance suppressor and made use of hydraulic pressure which was used in the Boeing 747 airplane.
After that Bill Nye then left his engineering position in the year of 1986 to concentrate on his career in entertainment.
Bill Nye who's real name is William Sandford Nye and is also known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is a comedian, inventor, scientist and author as well as a television personality.
Bill Nye is best known for hosting the Emmy Award Winning PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy, which aired first in 1993.
Bill Nye never got his PhD although he does have a great science background with his mechanical engineering degree he got from Cornell University.
Bill Nye also has Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), specifically type 27B which is a neurological condition that affects ones coordination and muscle control, often causing difficulties with walking and fine motor skills.
Bill Nye is also actively raising awareness about ataxia, particularly through his work with the National Ataxia Foundation.