Engineers Develop a Smart Shoe that Could Help Track Changes in How People Walk

Battery-free smart shoe could help monitor movement disorders

Rutgers engineers have developed a smart shoe that automatically analyzes how a person walks, a technology that someday could help monitor people with Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and other movement disorders.

Engineers develop a smart shoe that could help track changes in how people walk

Rutgers engineers have developed a smart shoe that automatically analyzes how a person walks, a technology that someday could help monitor people with Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries and other movement disorders. The prototype analyzes movement with 95.4% accuracy while counting steps and estimating calories burned.

Rutgers engineers develop battery-free smart shoe to track movement - WRNJ Radio

NEW JERSEY — Rutgers University engineers have developed a battery-free smart shoe that can analyze how a person moves, technology researchers say could eventually help monitor people with Parkinson’s disease, …