Hasta La Ideas

pAt first I thought “Motorized shoes? That just sounds dumb.” Then I took a closer look at the A HREF=”http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Projects/Project.aspx?ID=1283RegionId=0Winindex=0″ Treadway Wearable Mobility project/A, an entry in the James Dyson Award competition, and realized how badly I wanted a pair of these:/p

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pDesigned by RISD and Art Center grad A HREF=”http://treadwaymobility.com/” Peter Treadway/A (nom de guerre?), the namesake shoes are meant to be a fun way to encourage people to travel on foot to a public transportation center. And while I think that’s a bit of a stretch–I don’t have much faith that that’s what people would use these for–I greatly enjoyed seeing Treadway’s tinkering process shots, and I could totally see these catching on. This project’s got legs. Er, wheels./p

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pHit the jump to read Treadway’s project description in full./p

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