01-10-2006, 02:19 PM
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#1 | | Din Älskling
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere inside your head. Or am I?
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| Will your next car be a pair of shoes?
'Cause Adidas 1 running shoes cost a bundle: http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...tml?page=1&c=y Quote:
Adidas engineers designed a closed-loop system that senses the amount of shock input to the foot, and continuously adjusts the amount of damping to keep the cushioning level within an optimal preset zone. The system adjusts on the fly to any combination of running speed and terrain.
Impact is measured by a magnetic sensing system. A sensor is placed just below the runner's heel and a magnet is located at the bottom of the midsole. On impact, the sensor measures the distance from top to bottom of the midsole to determine the degree of compression and the amount of cushioning being used. The sensor does this about 1000 times a second and relays the information to the system's brain--a 20-MHz microprocessor located underneath the shoe's arch. This mini computer can make up to 5 million calculations per second, which is probably more than you can.
The brain compares the cushioning level information from the sensor to its programmed optimum cushioning zone. The zone was determined by feedback from runners. The brain then activates a tiny motor, housed in the midfoot, which turns a screw. This in turn lengthens or shortens a cable that is connected to the walls of the plastic cushioning element. Shortening the cable stiffens the element and limits the amount of compression. Lengthening the cable increases compression travel for a "softer ride."
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01-10-2006, 09:43 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
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| As a runner, I would just like to point out that thats a rediculously stupid idea...
and soon, the shoe will be running for us
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01-11-2006, 02:43 AM
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#3 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by PerfectKnight42 and soon, the shoe will be running for us | When that happens, even I might consider taking up running! 
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01-11-2006, 02:55 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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| At first, I thought you were going to be talking about this: http://extremetoysforboys.com/index....e%20Skate.html
I've always wanted to do something like that to my rollerblades. Though I've always planned on having brakes.
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01-11-2006, 06:36 AM
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01-11-2006, 07:13 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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| Im hoping my next car (actually.. my FIRST car) will be a ... CAR.
You know when you go totally blank? How in the hell do you spell hope-ing?
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01-11-2006, 11:15 AM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Tazz Im hoping my next car (actually.. my FIRST car) will be a ... CAR.
You know when you go totally blank? How in the hell do you spell hope-ing? | You spelled it right.
I'd rather not have a car if I can help it. Perhaps when I get married or something, but for now i just want a motorcycle. I've never really felt all that comfortable in cars.
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01-11-2006, 06:50 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Tazz Im hoping my next car (actually.. my FIRST car) will be a ... CAR. | Would you like one like this - http://www.livejournal.com/users/sta...lkin/2838.html ?
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01-11-2006, 09:50 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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| ahhh - its sooo Russian. lol.
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01-12-2006, 02:03 AM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| hmm. i want a nissan skyline actually. but i won't mind an enzo ferrari. haha 
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01-12-2006, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by needle | I love it. Its shape has a certain appeal to me. | |
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01-12-2006, 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by cornflower I love it. Its shape has a certain appeal to me. | Hrm....
*looks at link*
Curses! If only I could read russian. 
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01-12-2006, 03:49 AM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by JackOfHearts Hrm....
*looks at link*
Curses! If only I could read russian. | There's actually same text in English below ... duh 
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01-12-2006, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by needle There's actually same text in English below ... duh | Ah! Well that's different then.
Curses! If only I knew where to get a soviet made car.
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If your hearts not in it, why bother? -Yours truly
Woman was created for our destruction, and it is from her we inherit all our miseries. - Aramis, from The Three Musketeers
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01-12-2006, 11:41 AM
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#15 | | Fencing Expert
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| That shoe's cool. More work for software engineers like me!
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