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October 03, 2005
CabBoots @01:42 PM
from the wonderful regine (who also has a new blog!)
CabBoots, the navigation shoes. An interesting approach to navigation systems.
Conventional navigation systems communicate with the user in an audio or visual way. CabBoots tries to guide the wearer by sending tactile clues to the feet.The project was inspired by countryside trails which usually have a concave shape. The foot walking near the edge of the trail preceives the angle of the concavity and the walker redirects his/her path intuitively - so s/he can walk along a trail blindly...
Electromechanic parts in the sole of the CabBoots shoes are able to modify the angle of the shoe artificially. Virtual paths can thus be communicated to the shoe.
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