Sneakers make digital music
Published: April 2, 2011 at 3:30 AM
PARIS, April 2 (UPI) -- Adidas said people visiting interactive installations in France can test a new shoe allowing dancers to create digital music with their foot movements.
The company said the shoes, created by French designer Didier Brun, create digital music when wearers tap their toes or heels, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
Brun said the shoes use tiny sensors in the soles to translate movements to music.
"Generating live music requires very low latency, and creating a shoe-wearable wireless system was a real challenge," Brun wrote on his blog.
"The dancers that operated on the video clip did train a lot to succeed in synchronizing to play the actual song," he said of a video released by Adidas.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/04/02/Sneakers-make-digital-music/UPI-99981301729400/#ixzz1IN4szFpf
MY THOUGHTS
That's nice. I can't wait to see the actual pair.
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