High-tech sneakers with High Definition displays

Just when you thought you’d seen everything, it’s time to look down to video at your feet. The latest in wearables is footgear with a customised digital display.

Yes, your shoes are not only on the move: they are the movies.

A startup outfit in New York called ShiftWear has come up with high-tech sneakers with a difference: these incorporate side-panel High Definition displays that can show motion designs and animations.

The shoes are wirelessly connected to an app on a smartphone where you can choose the way shoes look, even showing your own design. The displays are fully flexible, and the developers claim that the shoes are waterproof, in fact you can wash them in a machine - and they have very durable Kevlar for the soles.

The shoes batteries last 30 days between refills from a wireless-charging
solution, or you can top up the charge just by walking in them but if you leave the design static then the display consumes no power.

Could it be that “these shoes are made for talkin'?" Who will be the first
radio amateur to call CQ while sporting a callsign on their feet?

Development on the shoes is being funded through an Indiegogo campaign, although this reporter thought they might have got better traction with kickstarter.

If you want more information, you can check the developer’s website at
shiftwear.com. Shipments are expected to start in September 2016.

And if you buy the shoes and they stop working? No problem. Just reboot.

John VK2JPM

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