Archive for October 13th, 2004

Computers in our shoes?

Wednesday, October 13th, 2004

Back in May, Adidas announced it’s first intelligent shoe, called the “1”.  According to Adidas the shoe uses a microprocessor to provide intelligent cushioning by adjusting itself.  You can read the press announcement at http://www.adidas-salomon.com/en/news/archive/2004/2004_05_10.asp.

Gizmodo, the gadgets weblog, describes the shoe as having an intelligent sensor connected to a 20mhz microprocesser.  The shoes are priced […]


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