On Unboxing: Unboxing Live 040: HP TouchSmart PC second gen

Latest Video: Bleeding Edge TV 288: TNA iMPACT! Preview: Christy Hemme & Christopher Daniels interview

We chat with TNA stars Christy Hemme and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels about the upcoming TNA iMPACT! video game in this episode.
Play Video
Close Player   Episode Permalink Comment on this Video Subscribe to this show via iTunes, Miro, or RSS Download for: iPod High Res
Thursday April 24, 2008 10:51 am

FATS Shoes for Fat Kids

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Clothing, Design, Videos

What better way to remind your child that she/he is on their way to obesity than to present them with a pair of FATS (Fitness Achievement Technology System) shoes. Created by students from the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands, the more the kids work out, the more the color appears. This is accomplished by a motion sensor integrated into the shoe’s heel that, along with glass fiber yarn woven on the outside, reflects the light from LEDs. While we think that most kidlets we know would prefer being rewarded with a twinkie or more video game time for exercising, we suspect that this prototype may work on the same little ones that wear those blinking light shoes for safety reasons. 


Read More | FATS Shoe Project


Advertisement

Comments:

BuckeyeFanatic25 BuckeyeFanatic25 6/6/08 3:25 pm

I never understood the fascination with those little blinking light shoes, just like I do not understand how a kid could be rewarded through a color showing up on their shoes.  But if that works for some kids, and will motivate them to actually get some exercise, then I am all for it!  It is sad when 2 out of 3 people in this nation are overweight and 1 out of 3 are obese…

pankaj gupta pankaj gupta 8/20/08 6:44 am

i am pankaj

Advertisement

Post a Comment:







Smileys

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?



FriendFeed Activity:


On FriendFeed, this post was liked by 0 people and commented 0 times.

• View this post on FriendFeed

No FriendFeed Comments are yet added

Advertisement