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Designing a Smarter ShoeDesigning a Smarter ShoeDesigning a Smarter Shoe 05/05/2004 09:28 PM Adidas's new shoe, named 1, is sleek and lightweight despite its battery-powered sensor, microprocessor and electric motor. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Designing a Smarter ShoeGrok Headline matches for Designing a Smarter ShoeSIL-Shoe-1.18SIL-Shoe-1.18 06/10/2004 06:13 AM Have You Rebooted Your Shoe Lately?Have You Rebooted Your Shoe Lately? 03/28/2005 06:00 AM First revealed nearl y a year ago, Adidas has finally launched its computerized running smart shoe, which will cost you a mere $250 and the constant nagging question of what will you do when it crashes on you? The shoe is designed with a microprocessor that will constantly measure the pounding you're giving the shoe and will try to adjust the cushioning to protect your knees for another day. It still seems like a fairly niche market -- but it could become much more interesting if other devices learn to make use of the spare cycles in your shoes. Think of it as bodily distributed computing. Shoe leather for the GovShoe leather for the Gov 01/03/2004 05:53 PM It should rain when you canvass for a candidate. Not a downpour but enough of a drizzle that your hair is plastered to your head and your shirt never gets quite dry. And it should be cold. Glove cold. And the first person you meet should definitely not agree with you. Easy virtue isn't worth it. (Accidentally leaving your umbrella, hat, cell phone and lunch at the local campaign headquarters is purely optional, however. Sigh.) I'm home and dry now. My shoes are off and my feet are up. I feel good that I did a little tiny bit... Operation Shoe FlyOperation Shoe Fly 06/16/2004 02:43 PM Operation Shoe Fly • From Afghanistan, Sgt Hook writes, "So my esteemed friends of the blogosphere...I announce the beginning of Operation Shoe Fly in an effort to shoe the children with no shoes on their feet. If you can collect the shoes, used or new, boys' and girls' (age 14 and under), and send them to me, my crewdogs and I will fly them out to the Afghani kids who so desperately need them." The other shoe drops.The other shoe drops. 05/04/2004 04:47 PM The other shoe drops. The L.A. Times releases details from Major General Antonio M. Taguba's findings into prisoner abuse in Iraq, including evidence that convinced him that a U.S. soldier had sex with an Iraqi female. (Can we all agree that she didn't ask for it...?) Shoe tuneShoe tune 04/13/2005 02:50 PM Creepy, catchy, strange music for an Adidas commercial with Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O. Iraq In My ShoeIraq In My Shoe 04/14/2004 02:10 AM We need to keep something straight: the Bush administration’s adventures in Iraq have no connection to 9/11. On and on and on these suck the same breath for no reason. The question nobody has the nerve to ask is “Can you clearly explain, Mr. President, the explicit, direct relationship between the ‘War on Terror’ and our invasion and occupation of Iraq?” May I elaborate, Mr. President? Everyone’s serious about responding to 9/11.... Shoe on Other Foot Dept.Shoe on Other Foot Dept. 01/06/2005 10:31 PM Former Directors of Worldcom agreed to pay $18,000,000 of personal funds to settle claims by defrauded investors. Coverage here. Once upon a time I was the first angel investor in UUNET, which was swallowed by MFS which was swallowed by Worldcom.... Space Invader shoeSpace Invader shoe 12/29/2004 04:49 AM David Pescovitz: 
Anonymous French guerilla artist Invader surreptitiously installs
tile mosaics of classic video game characters in high-traffic spots
all over Paris and other cities around the globe. In fact, I can see
one from the window of my apartment! Now he's released a
limited-edition sneaker with a space invader character raised in the
tread, enabling the shoe to be used like a stamp. Each step in sand,
mud, water, paint, wet tar, etc., leaves an imprint, scoring you
points in the ongoing invasion. Li
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If the Shoe Fits... (Reuters)If the Shoe Fits... (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:23 AM Reuters - A U.S. sportswear maker has designed shoes that expand to fit a child's growing feet and is trying them out on cost-conscious German shoppers, the company said Tuesday. UK shoe dumping mysteryUK shoe dumping mystery 03/17/2005 03:56 AM David Pescovitz:  Pairs of shoes are mysteriously being dumped outside a
farmhouse in Lincolnshire, England. Since December, more than a dozen
have shown up on the side of the road, usually on Sunday. According to
the BBC, "some of the shoes are cheap, with price labels of £1.99
attached and some are more expensive designer brands."
The (Foster family who live nearby) have video footage, which shows an elderly couple driving by in a green vehicle depositing the shoes.Lin k (via Fortean Times) A Running Shoe For Agent 86?A Running Shoe For Agent 86? 05/06/2004 03:04 AM Sgt Hook: Operation Shoe FlySgt Hook: Operation Shoe Fly 06/16/2004 10:17 AM Sgt. Hook needs you. Go .. Operation Shoe Fly .. wants your help sgthook.com/blog/oldblog/000625.php Regenerative braking in a shoeRegenerative braking in a shoe 04/12/2005 08:10 PM "...this effort has examined devices that can be built into a shoe, (where excess energy is readily harvested) and used for generating electrical power "parasitically" while walking." Regenerative braking in a shoe for powering small personal electronics, courtesy of MIT's Media Lab. With video. [via Hack A Day] 5 Minte Shoe Shine5 Minte Shoe Shine 04/06/2005 05:30 AM Hot on the heels of the 'wet shave' it's the five minute shoe shine. Computer-driven shoeComputer-driven shoe 04/02/2005 04:39 AM The Province Apr 2 2005 8:03AM GMT Bionic running shoe to hit the roadBionic running shoe to hit the road 05/06/2004 09:59 AM CNET May 6 2004 2:43PM GMT Waiting for Microsoft's CRM Shoe To DropWaiting for Microsoft's CRM Shoe To Drop 03/14/2003 01:28 AM A moribund economy, a stagnant CRM industry, an underpenetrated small and mid-size market -- and poised for entry is a monolithic software vendor that happens to be on just about every desktop already. Is the perfect storm brewing in the CRM industry? Company Trots Out Computerized ShoeCompany Trots Out Computerized Shoe 03/27/2005 10:30 AM ABCNEWS.com Mar 27 2005 2:12PM GMT Facing South: The Other Shoe Will DropFacing South: The Other Shoe Will Drop 03/26/2005 05:36 AM The Other Shoe Will Drop southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2005/03/other-shoe-will-drop.as
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