Collaborate Disseminate
A few months ago, a scandal erupted in the chess world which led to some pretty wild speculation around a specific chess player. We won’t go into any of the …read more Continue reading Electronic Shoe Explores Alleged Chess Misbehavior
[Umar Qattan] is in tune with his sole and is trying hard to listen to what it has to say.
At a low level, [Umar] is building an insole with an array of force sensors in it. These sensors are affixed to a flexible PCB which is placed in a …read more
Continue reading Listen to your Feet, They Have a Lot to Tell You
What does your gait look like to your foot? During which part of your gait is the ball of your feet experiencing the most pressure? Is there something wrong with it? Can you fix it by adding or removing material from a custom insole? All these answers can be had with an expensive system and a visit to a podiatrist, but if [Charles Fried] succeeds you can build a similar system at home.
The device works by having an array of pressure sensors on a flat insole inside of a shoe. When the patient walks, the device streams the data …read more
