April 28th, 2006
The “Revolution”-ary Sports Shoe
The Rotasole: Australian invents Sports Shoe with Rotating Disc in Sole
By Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I just watched the latest episode of Beyond Tomorrow, the Australian technology show, which featured the Rotasole. This innovative sport shoe will be able to massively reduce the number of sports injuries from twisting and turning one’s feet in sports like basketball or tennis. The secret of the Rotasole is in the rotating disk in the middle of the sole which turns as you turn. This can minimise the stress on your ankle by some 30%. The Rotasole is already available.
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degustibus says:
“This innovative sport shoe will be able to massively reduce the number of sports injuries from twisting and turning one’s feet in sports like basketball or tennis.”
More likely: May be able to reduce some sports injuries — the rest is hype, perhaps quoted from a press release. Does anyone know how many sports (ankle/leg) injuries result from pivoting? –as opposed to, say, impact, landing wrong, and so on.
April 28th, 2006 at 5:44 am
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April 28th, 2006 at 6:55 am
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July 28th, 2006 at 9:04 pm