Shoe -n- Tell Archives: Shoe Tech






Ok, I have to admit that I’m as tired as you are about hearing about iPhone this and iPod that - not to mention, iSmorgabord, iYogaMat and iSnowcone. We get the picture.

Still, there’s an interesting shoe product in the works. You may remember earlier the Nike / iPod training system. …

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Somehow or another I missed these shoe-techy “Vacuum Shoes” that Electrolux had unveiled over a year ago. Looking like some sort of mutated low galoshes, the motor that powers the vacuum shoe is housed in the sole - hence the astronaut boot look. I wonder if they’re thinking of competing …

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Don’t look now but the competition for “shoe pouches” for your new Nike+iPod Sport Kit combination is heating up. I don’t have the kit, so I had no idea they even made them. But they seem like a decent idea if you do have one.

There are several manufacturers making …

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Sometimes a picture is worth a billion words.

I hesitated about posting this for a split second. But the sharply dressed dude in the photo who seems to have confused going to work with ET flying across a full moon looked so darn HAPPY that I figured there must be …

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I’d seen the Reef Dram Sandals a month or so ago on Gizmodo, but was recently reminded of the footwear meant for thirsty beach-goers after seeing a video of them on the news. I’m still not sure how much of a gimmick this is supposed to be versus an …

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Maybe the tagline of this review should have been - “Because girls just wanna mow lawns.” All jesting aside, this company sells shoes that are specially designed for lawn-care activities. They’re meant to provide extra protection and insulation for outdoor work like landscaping and mowing while remaining comfortable enough …

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Wow. So we’d earlier reported on the Tron kicks put out by adidas. As usual with shoes, being the first to come out with a product does not automatically make you the best. The new Reebok “Glow” completely blows away the adidas one with their glow-in-the-dark circuit board …

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We’ve heard the idea of “GPS Shoes” being bandied about lately, with the most recent being Issac Daniel’s Quantum Satellite Technology enhanced sneakers which are shown in the photo here. While privacy advocates are sure to be twitching at this latest innovation, the embedded chips that go in these …

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You may have already heard about it, but Amazon has jumped headfirst into the online Shoe biz with a brand new separate site. I have to hand it to them - when they go all out, they don’t mess around. The new website is called Endless.com and they …

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I’d forgotten to post about the Converse Shoe Creator which is a Flash-based program on the Converse website that is similar to the Vans Custom Shoe Builder we posted about earlier. You get to choose between a blank Chuck Taylor All-Star (a variety are available), Jack Purcell, or Premeire …

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Hey gals, here’s your chance to turn heads by going topless. Ok, so it’s your feet that will be topless, but just hear me out. So, I’d seen this funky footpiece from Topless Sandals awhile back but I forgot to post about it until today. I know …

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More bizarre shoe flights of fancy to tickle your heel-bone. You might ask yourself what’s the purpose of these strange looking sandals with rollerskates. Basically, they’re virtual shoes that allow you to walk with a normal gait without moving forward. The developers, who are from the University …

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Timberland won a 2006 IDEA (Industrial Design Excellence Award) for developing a type of shoe insert called the PreciseFit™ system. The Industrial Designers Society of America give out this award to companies for superior creative designs for the marketplace.

Supposedly, this set of inserts will eliminate the need for all …

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Here’s some more shoe-gadgetry for your pleasure - the Pro-Idee UV Shoe Dryer. That’s right - hair dryers no longer have a monopoly on getting things warm and dry.

I have to admit, on first glance the double-armed shoe dryer looks an awful lot like the robotech lobsters in my …

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Ah, when will it ever stop? Strange looking shoes being foisted upon unwary shoe consumers, that is. The latest are these Five Finger Glove Shoes from Vibram. Originally conceived of by industrial designer Robert Fliri for boating enthusiasts, these tabi-like shoes have individual “toe slots” that give …

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