Hmm, after reading the gory flash website it all sounds faintly familiar.
Nothing 'physics defying' in the slightest, just the cunning idea to adapt the cushioning of a shoe dependant upon the current use. Basically an accelerometer/pressure sensor to determine the current use (speed of step/force of landing). It takes a while to adapt to the individual to establish walking/running etc (15ms is stated). I think when it was originally started problems were with durability of the design and suitable sensing/adaptibility between different people.
Unfortunately they don't seem to have realised that the reason for having different shoes for different tasks is more than just the soles being different softness. :-/
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Sheldon @ Dec 19th 2005 1:03AM
Hmm, after reading the gory flash website it all sounds faintly familiar.
Nothing 'physics defying' in the slightest, just the cunning idea to adapt the cushioning of a shoe dependant upon the current use. Basically an accelerometer/pressure sensor to determine the current use (speed of step/force of landing). It takes a while to adapt to the individual to establish walking/running etc (15ms is stated). I think when it was originally started problems were with durability of the design and suitable sensing/adaptibility between different people.
Unfortunately they don't seem to have realised that the reason for having different shoes for different tasks is more than just the soles being different softness. :-/