High Tech "Runaway Shoes" Can Sense That Users Will Fall.

High tech "walking shoes" can sense that users will fall and prevent fractures.

The shoes of this space age are not two different from regular shoes, but the pressure detectors on sole and heel can detect gravity movement.

The detector is connected to the ten wheels on the heel.

If the detector detects that the pressure suddenly moves backward, it indicates that slipping will happen immediately, and they will send information to the microchip that controls the movement of the wheel on the shoe.

The chip controls the wheel's forward or backward inches according to the magnitude and direction of the detected pressure to maintain balance and prevent falls.

The wheels protruded the sole about an inch, so that they could keep in touch with the ground.

They are designed to roll a few inches together and keep them stable like teeth.

The new invention is called "B- shoes", which can walk on a smooth surface, similar to

It features both skates and training shoes.

It may take a year for the elderly to recover from fracture, and about 1/5 of the elderly fracture will die.

20% of the fractures occur every year in the elderly over 65 years old.

The reason why old people tend to fall is because their muscles weaken when they are old, and can not effectively control the balance of the body.

Many elderly people even need crutches or people's support.

But some elderly people are not willing to use these.

This shoe can

We can solve this problem.

To test this design, Israeli scientists asked volunteers to wear this design.

All directions are tested on a special test platform.

The camera tracks the movement of shoes and produces a slight imbalance.

The floor is embedded with a detector to record gravity movement data before falling.

Scientists use data to develop microchips to recognize others' fine balance before falling.

Electronic Engineering Abraham Stamper says B- shoe soles contain rechargeable batteries.

But at present, the shoes are still in the stage of prototype development. The first thing to buy B- shoes is two years later.

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Any parent knows that a child's feet usually grow very fast. The new shoes they buy will soon be too small to buy new shoes.

However, a charitable organization has come up with an innovative idea to design a new type of shoe that can grow with children's feet.

The The Shoe that Grows uses an adjustable upper and toe belt to extend the shoe size to a maximum of five sizes.

Kenton Lee of Idaho, South America, worked for a while in Nairobi, Kenya, and found that the child was running around with barefoot because of the size of his shoes, prompting him to come up with this idea.

He said that after asking many questions, all the problems come to the conclusion that if only a pair of shoes is available, how can we adjust and expand the size so that the children can have a pair of suitable shoes for a long time.

"I think we can create some incredible new things."

The feet of children aged 2 to 6 grow very fast. In general, they need to change the size of shoes in a few months.

Even for families living in rich and developed countries, this may increase parental financial burden.

For those children in developing countries, it is even harder to buy new shoes every few months. Children run barefoot. It is very likely that there will be serious risk that they may cut their feet and develop infection.

This "growing shoe" is similar to a typical sandal, with a hard rubber sole used to protect feet and a vamp made of soft leather.

This "growing shoe" is similar to a typical sandal, with a hard rubber sole used to protect feet and a vamp made of soft leather.

The shoe upper button of the new shoe can adjust the width of the shoe according to the feet of the child, while the strap on the toe can move and make the shoes longer.

The shoe heel buckle can also be adjusted to make it more comfortable to wear.

Kun ton Lee says the shoes can be adjusted to five sizes and can be worn for five years.

At present, there are two different sizes to enter the market, namely the trumpet (suitable for children under 4 grade in kindergarten) and the large (kindergarten grade 5 to 9 grade children).

He is consulting with other international organizations to plan to send shoes to African orphanages.

They hope that other charities and health workers will give these shoes to their children when they are in Africa.

Because Kun ton Lee has been taking care of 140 AIDS orphans in Motherly Care Children's Home in Nairobi, prompting him to develop the idea of developing such shoes.

He said he would never forget that one day he walked along a road with a group of children in the orphanage.

"Next to a girl dressed in white, I see her shoes are so small, and there are so many children around wearing small shoes."