Really cool! I have been invited to a focus group for the new IShoe. The focus group will brainstorm on ideas for the IShoe.
The IShoe is a device designed to prevent falls with seniors It is a shoe bed like insert with a lot of sensors. It will signal the user as to their proper attitude.
It is also being to design to work with astronauts who have terrible problems with balance due to zero gravity.
Falls are one of the 4 "geriatric giants". The other three are memory loss, urinary incontinence and depression. But falls if they aren't deadly are very expensive. It is estimated that hip fractures are a 5 billion dollar a year cost in the US.
It will be interesting to see where the IShoe goes. It could save lives and have an impact on the costs of this problem.
Here's hoping.
Kevin Kunz
http://www.reflexology-research.com
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