Ad for Merrill training shoe. I really like the idea of nature's gym. We weren't born with shoes. Nature provides the most natural workout for our feet. But it sounds like technology is catching up.
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Friday, April 6, 2018
Take advantage of nature’s gym
"Take advantage of nature’s gym. Let the terrain and conditions dictate movement, making you stronger, healthier and more able to enjoy your time outside when nature’s call comes. Learn more at Merrell.com today. #TrainSoICan"
Ad for Merrill training shoe. I really like the idea of nature's gym. We weren't born with shoes. Nature provides the most natural workout for our feet. But it sounds like technology is catching up.
Ad for Merrill training shoe. I really like the idea of nature's gym. We weren't born with shoes. Nature provides the most natural workout for our feet. But it sounds like technology is catching up.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Design for movement
Design for movement: "At a basic level, architecture is like a shoe: a useful tool designed to protect the human body from harm caused by the natural elements.
"Yet over time, we can become over-reliant on its comfort, losing our dexterity and our ability to withstand even the slightest discomforts. So what is meant to help us may, in fact, hinder us by making things too easy, removing all physical challenges and other stressors that are essential for optimal health." Design for movement Lauren Friedrich, a 2016 graduate of Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Shoes that love you
Oka b. Wedding Shoes | Wedloft by WeddingWindow.com - StumbleUpon
Okay they caught me with their headline "A Wedding Shoe That Loves You." I thought that wedding shoes are supposed to be the height of fashion and heighten pain like the ones in the photo. And the ironical part is that a lot of times you don't even see the wedding shoes.
I have been at several weddings where my reflexology services were called on for pre-wedding jitters or post wedding collapse. And each time the wedding shoes didn't help.
"If you’re in search of wedding shoes or sandals that are fashionable and comfortable,Oka b. may be the perfect solution for you! Oka b. shoes are based on a reflexology-inspired design and each pair has an ergonomic footbed which includes massage beads. These shoes can provide you with style and comfort throughout your wedding day – from your walk down the aisle until the last dance of the night!"
Well I don't know how much reflexology is built into this shoe but it isn't bad. At least they looked comfortable Barbara wanted to buy a pair even though she isn't taking that walk down the aisle.
Shoes should love you.
Kevin Kunz
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Shoes That Generate Energy
Here is something ineresting I bumped into this morning.
A team of undergrads at MIT -- led by Shakeel Avadhany and Zack Anderson -- has produced a prototype of a shock absorber for vehicles which can harness and generate electricity back into the vehicle. The team claims that their prototype increases a vehicle's fuel-efficiency by up to 10 percent by using a "hydraulic system that forces fluid through a turbine attached to a generator." http://www.yotify.com/a/v2.aspx?r=17874558&k=ri8NgjpEPiUlxR1bsP6HQ&s=digest
That got me thinking about a shoe that would give back energy to the "system".
Modern running shoes are designed to be shock absorbers. Running shoe companies like Nike have spent millions on studying the damaging effects of heel shock and how to mitigate it. But this has been a passive system meant to buffer and not add energy to the system.
What if you designed a shoe that would generate a small current as it shock absorbed. that energy could be used to stimulate the feet with light vibration. It could be used to feed more information from under foot into the nervous system therby giving us a more exact picture of our body position like the iShoe
Or it could contribute to less foot fatigue by a light massage to break up the harmful stress patterns that form over a day. How do you see this generated energy being put to use?
Of course there are those who would say why not just use a battery. What fun are they?
Kevin Kunz
http://www.reflexology-research.com
http://www.dk.com/reflexology
A team of undergrads at MIT -- led by Shakeel Avadhany and Zack Anderson -- has produced a prototype of a shock absorber for vehicles which can harness and generate electricity back into the vehicle. The team claims that their prototype increases a vehicle's fuel-efficiency by up to 10 percent by using a "hydraulic system that forces fluid through a turbine attached to a generator." http://www.yotify.com/a/v2.aspx?r=17874558&k=ri8NgjpEPiUlxR1bsP6HQ&s=digest
That got me thinking about a shoe that would give back energy to the "system".
Modern running shoes are designed to be shock absorbers. Running shoe companies like Nike have spent millions on studying the damaging effects of heel shock and how to mitigate it. But this has been a passive system meant to buffer and not add energy to the system.
What if you designed a shoe that would generate a small current as it shock absorbed. that energy could be used to stimulate the feet with light vibration. It could be used to feed more information from under foot into the nervous system therby giving us a more exact picture of our body position like the iShoe
Or it could contribute to less foot fatigue by a light massage to break up the harmful stress patterns that form over a day. How do you see this generated energy being put to use?
Of course there are those who would say why not just use a battery. What fun are they?
Kevin Kunz
http://www.reflexology-research.com
http://www.dk.com/reflexology
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Foot Health—The Natural Way The Green Room
I was at a client's house yesterday and she asked me to look at her mother's shoes. Her feet were hurting her on the forefoot. When I inspected her shoes the inserts were completely worn flat. Same thing with my Dad. His feet were bothering him. when he brought his shoes out they were completely worn out.
The above link has some good general information on shoes and socks. Above all remember that shoes will not last for years.
Kevin Kunz
http://www.reflexology-research.com
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