03-10-2006, 11:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Put Some BLING on Those Shoes
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/dada-unleashes-code-m-mp3-shoes-on-an-unsuspecting-populace/
"We're not even sure what needs to said here. Basically what we have is some shiny "Code M" sneakers from Dada footwear that pump the tunes to the included wireless headphones or out of built-in speakers while you're busy being that baller you are. They charge via USB, sport built-in controls, and yes they are actually a pair of shoes, too. Seriously, what's not to love?"
Oh man... can you imagine the the Pocket PC Dada could come out with? 8O
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03-11-2006, 12:38 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 181
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Flava Flav needs a pair of these to go with one of his best clocks. Yeeaaaahhh Booooooyyyyyyy!
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03-11-2006, 04:41 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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Basically what we have is some shiny "Code M" sneakers from Dada footwear that pump the tunes to the included wireless headphones...
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So, this pair of shoes is capable of doing something that so many current Pocket PCs cannot? Bah!
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03-11-2006, 11:56 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 601
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Wow the first portable music player to suffer from foot odor and mud stains. Sorry, not available for cattle farmers.
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03-11-2006, 05:25 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 13
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Only if they made them....
as a platform shoe with goldfish in the heels. Now we'd be talking....
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03-13-2006, 03:17 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 359
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I know what'd make these even cooler: audible sound effects when moving. I'd like to hear drum sounds with every step I take!
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03-13-2006, 09:39 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,043
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Idiotic shoes, period. Now... give me some semi-normal looking shoes, comfortable for the odd short run, reasonably water resistant... and put small piezo generators and batteries into the heels, converting the compression of every step into a bit more battery life. Add in a small controller to keep them topped up but not over-charged, make them bulletproof (you know, for spontaneous parkour moments, when jumping over a newspaper box is just too tempting). Tack on a power jack, something to run up to a pocket (along the outseam of some ScottEpants perhaps?) where a PPC could be jacked in for charging. That, my fellow geeks, would be cool. The more one walked or ran, the more steps we climbed, the less often we'd have to think about battery charging. That could just be enough for me (I walk and run a fair bit) so I could drop my (shiny, new, expensive) Mugen 5800mAh battery and run the Toshiba e800 nice and slim, with a stock battery. Sweet.
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