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by Alfred Poor | June 17, 2015 | Fitness, Health
The traditional way of making shoes is to stamp out shapes (creating lots of waste) and then assembling them into units of about a dozen different sizes. Forget finding a pair that fits you right; you’re happy to settle for the ones that fit the least badly. A...
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by Alfred Poor | June 8, 2015 | Medical
Human bi-pedal walking is nothing short of an engineering miracle. And running? Forget about it! Balance, the shifting of support from one part of the foot to another, and then to the other foot entirely: it’s all mind-bogglingly complex. And when people lose a...
by Alfred Poor | May 5, 2015 | Medical
It looks a lot like a costume from the movie Tron, but it’s actually the prototype for a new sock that is designed to prevent injuries to the feet of diabetic patients. Diabetes can lead to circulation problems and loss of sensation in the feet, and patients...
by Alfred Poor | March 12, 2015 | Health, Medical
Bipedal walking is a bit of a miracle. Just ask anyone who has tried to program a robot to perform a human-style gait. There’s the problem of balancing on one foot while the other sweeps forward, as your body weight shifts from the heel of your foot to the toes....
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by Alfred Poor | January 26, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
This photo shows a smart insole for shoes. As you might expect, this device can do a much more accurate job of counting your steps than any wrist-worn fitness band can possibly do. But that’s not why it was created. This device is the work of a group of...
