Matt Shipman at The Abstract Blog reports on a Rube-Goldbergian invention for pedestrians: Why You Would Put A Radar In Your Shoe People rely on GPS devices to make sure they don’t get lost. But GPS devices rely on satellite connections, which are not always available…. But you can track your movements using an inertial […]
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Holy foot protector
The Holy foot protector, US patent #3511233, was granted to Elbert Holy, Jr. on May 12, 1970. These technical drawings are from the patent document. Click on the image to see an enlargement. The video below is not necessarily related, at least directly, to the Holy foot protector.
When is a shoe like a face?
When is a shoe like a face? The answer (or one answer, at least) is in the study: “Statistical Discrimination of Footwear: A Method for the Comparison of Accidentals on Shoe Outsoles Inspired by Facial Recognition Techniques,” Nicholas Dominick Koslap Petraco, Carol Gambino, Thomas A. Kubic, Dayhana Olivio and Nicholas Petraco, J Forensic Sci, Vol. […]