Tag: shoes

In-shoe navigation

Ashirase aims to develop an in-shoe navigation system to help support the visually impaired with walking and routines. The company hopes to have a viable product to market before the end of March 2023. The device fits around each foot, and includes a motion sensor attached to the outside of the shoe. Pairing with a smart phone app, the device will vibrate based on routes set in the app. The left side of the left foot will vibrate to indicate a left turn (and the opposite for a right turn), while the toes of each foot will vibrate to maintain a forward trajectory.

Knitted shoes

knitting creates far less waste, can be fully automated, and highly customized.

knit technology just might transform the entire traditional shoemaking process. Athletic shoes make up 30% of all footwear sales, and Nike and Adidas dominate, with $14.5B and $9.5B in sales. Widespread use of the knitting technique could boost the industry’s efficiency—cutting down on materials, labor, shipping, and time, as the products can be made start-to-finish in 1 place.

Stalking Shoes

fashion is the strongest driver of cyborgization

A friend of mine just gave me a pair of those way-kewl Nike shoes that include sensors which broadcast your footsteps to your iPod. As Apple and Nike proudly proclaim, their shoes are a revolution in fitness — because they allow an iPod to track precise information about how far you run and how many calories you burn. “Your shoes talk,” as Apple boasts. “Your iPod nano listens.”