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Amazon.com in $850M deal for Web shoe store Zappos
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. says it is buying Zappos.com Inc., an online shoe store, in a deal worth about $850 million.
Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Schepers of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure pressure and movement during walking, giving doctors a ...
Old soles: 800-year-old shoe soles yield clues about preservation of leather
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Ancient garbage can be like gold to archaeologists. During excavation of an 800-year-old trash dump in Lyon, France, scientists discovered the archaeological equivalent of golden shoe soles: A trove of leather soles of shoes, ...
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First step towards environmentally-friendly shoes
Jun 22, 2006 |
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A Northumbria University student has designed an environmentally-friendly children’s shoe that adapts to a child’s differing needs in footwear.
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients
Jun 06, 2009 |
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A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
If the shoe flits, duck: A real-life example of humans' dual vision system
Jun 11, 2009 |
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It's rare when real-world events perfectly mirror experiments that scientists are conducting. That's why neuroscientists at the University of Washington were delighted at the reactions of former President George W. Bush and ...
Perfectly proportioned: Working to improve dry compaction and sintering
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The manufacture of parts by compaction and sintering involves filling a die with metal powder. Research scientists have simulated this process for the first time to achieve an evenly distributed ...
Aussie study challenges claims for hi-tech running shoes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Australian researchers have admitted they had found no scientific proof that hi-tech running shoes improve athletic performance or limit injury.
Nanotech products a bit disappointing
Mar 10, 2006 |
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The products expected from nanotechnology are still very much in the future according to the first comprehensive inventory of nanoproducts out Friday.
Shoe fit important in exercise program
Dec 30, 2006 |
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Anyone listing getting in shape as a 2007 goal should start with a properly fitted pair of shoes, health experts at Texas A&M University said.
Doctors warn of dangers of flip-flops
Aug 02, 2006 |
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In the wake of last month's decree that wearing flip-flops could result in job loss, British doctors have said the shoe could also result in health issues.
Women who make poor shoe choices at risk for foot pain later in life
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A recently published study determined that women who make poor shoe choices early in life suffer with foot pain in later years. Research shows that men do not experience the same foot pain as women, due to ...
63 percent of diabetics risk serious foot problems by wearing the wrong-sized shoes
Nov 13, 2007 |
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More than six out of ten people with diabetes are walking around in the wrong-sized shoes, exposing themselves to serious foot problems that could lead to amputation, according to research in the November issue of IJCP, the ...
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