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May 06, 2004

"...Sleek and lightweight despite its battery-powered sensor, microprocessors and electric motor..."

In a front-page article by Michel Marriott, today's International Herald Tribune reports that Adidas plans to market high-tech running shoes that adapt to running conditions mid-stride.

    "...The shoes will have push-button controls, light-emitting diodes to display settings and an instruction manual on a CD-ROM that will advise wearers on, among other things, the battery change needed after every 100 hours of use..."

This means that people will finally know which runners have teenagers at home, since the shoes of those without teenagers will be blinking "12:00".

Posted at May 6, 2004 12:50 PM
Comments

100 hours of use is less than a week though... what about those of us who only ever wear running shoes?

Posted by: D at May 6, 2004 02:58 PM

Yeah... Couldn't they come up with a kinetic engine thingimagyc? I mean, You're walking, right?

I <3 the 12:00 blinker reference though...

Posted by: bauke at May 7, 2004 01:33 PM

It's really a poetic article, I wish it were online. It mentions a "sensor the size of the eye of a sparrow" or some similar bird. What I want to know is, are they going to come out with one with a camera in the toe, for the upsk*rt market? Another swell idea would be to combine a kinetic energy transformer thing with a cellphone unit, so you could call people with your shoe, although you'd have to be running while you did it.

Posted by: mig at May 7, 2004 01:59 PM
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