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SecuriScan Shoe Scanner Could Make Airport Lines Shorter

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 22nd 2008 at 3:57PM

Huge shocker here: removing your shoes at airport security causes massive headaches and makes the wait longer for everyone. Now that we're all good with Captain Obvious' latest headline, let us point you to one prototype that's looking to solve said dilemma. SecuriScan, which has been developed by Professor Wuqiang Yang at the University of Manchester, would theoretically be able to "detect and pinpoint suspicious objects instantly," all without requiring passengers to remove their kicks.

Better still, the system uses electric and magnetic sensing instead of a radiation source, which could also address safety concerns while helping you get where you're going more quickly.

Moving forward, Yang hopes to develop a more advanced and realistic prototype for testing, and just in case you were doubting this guy's determination, he's also investigating a handheld version that could hastily screen abandoned luggage or packages.

[Via Physorg, image courtesy of ChangeAirportSecurity]

Energy-Generating Shoes Power iPods

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 20th 2008 at 12:58PM

For shame. We know good and well engineers can concoct energy-generating garb that actually looks good enough to wear, but evidently those fashion-minded gurus weren't hired for this project. Granted, we have all ideas the image you're quizzically staring at above is NTT's first go at a pair of power-packing sandals, but there's clearly a good ways to go before these things are cute / safe enough to wear on the streets. Might we suggest shoving all that hardware inside of something? The "all hanging out" look just isn't working here.

[Via TokyoMango, image courtesy of AFP / Getty]

Wearable Art: Put Your Photos On A Pair Of Shoes

by Will Safer, posted Aug 19th 2008 at 7:20PM

Kids have been drawing on their Keds sneakers for years. In fact, some artists use them as their canvas – but what if you don't have an artist's eye? Fret not (we know that's what you do), for customizable photo sneaks are here.

The folks at Zazzle.com have added Keds sneaks to their catalog of customizable products, and you can upload images and place them on the different panels of the shoes.

Some ideas:

photos of your toes.
photos of someone else's toes.
photos of your cat's toes.
perhaps a photo of one large toe.

You get the idea. Basically, if you've got the digital image then you've got a shoe design element. To test it out, we uploaded some pleasing nature shots. It's a pretty simple process, with preview screens and the ability to see the shoe from all angles. (See our handiwork above.)

The fancy footwear will run you $50 or more depending on style choices. [From Photojojo.]

Nike Re-Releases 'Back to the Future' High-Tops

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jun 30th 2008 at 11:01AM

Remember those cool Nike high-tops that Marty McFly wore in 'Back to the Future?'The ones that laced themselves and you wished you had a pair just like them? If so, listen up: Nike is releasing the Marty McFly 2015's as the Nike Hyperdunks.

They won't lace themselves, unfortunately, but will be made of Nike's super light-weight materials. They'll be shilled by Kobe Bryant in black, and we'll be surprised if the 'Back to the Future' roots of these shoes will be shown the light in order to keep the cool young'ns interested, but we all know the truth behind these bitchin' kicks. Hoverboard sold separately. [Source: Wired]

Nike PhotoiD Lets You Design Custom Shoes With Your Cameraphone

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 19th 2008 at 10:34AM

If you get a pair of blindingly bright clown shoes in the mail a few days after a late night of drunken revelry that you don't particularly recall... well, we think we know what happened. A new service from Nike in some European countries called "PhotoiD" allows cameraphone owners to snap a picture of pretty much anything their little hearts desire, send it to a short code via MMS, and get a rendered shoe in reply that uses the picture's two most dominant colors as its highlights.

If you're feeling the kicks -- 1985 Dunk hightops, if you must know -- you can even buy them, which we figure is where things really start to get interesting. Creative on Nike's part, yes, but also a danger to the good sense of shoe-wearing shutterbugs everywhere. [Source: Nike via guardian.co.uk]

Nutty 'iShoes' Electric Roller Skates

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Oct 29th 2007 at 11:29AM

We're not sure what's more groan-inducing, the terribly unimaginative name, or the idea of riding around on a pair of 16-pound motorized roller skates.

These ridiculous, battery-powered, "transportation devices" will make sure you never have a girlfriend or boyfriend (though if you think these clunkers are cool, you probably didn't have much hope anyway). Availability and price are unknown since the product -- to be called iShoes -- is still in testing, but a promo site promises a 5-7 mile range and a top speed of 15 miles-per-hour.

The whole contraption is controlled by a wired hand-held power and breaking system, which presumably runs up inside your pants or some such -- otherwise, seems kind of dangerously tangle-prone. The iShoes fit over your own kicks, as long as they happen to be between sizes 8 and 12 for men or 7 and 10 for women.

Alas, the oh-so-tired name has absolutely nothing to do with either iPods, iMacs, or the Internet. Perhaps you could make the claim these shoes are interactive, to use the mid-'90s catch-all description for anything remotely technological, but our money's on insane.

Then again, the Brodway musical version of 'Xanadu' is a hit, so maybe the iShoes peeps are on to something....

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