Volvorii Smart Shoes Could Be Future Of Footwear As E-Ink Heels Offer Endless Customization
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Volvorii Smart Shoes Could Be Future Of Footwear As E-Ink Heels Offer Endless Customization
It seems we’re only just beginning to see the potential of e-ink. Its broadest usage is, of course, in e-readers; then there’s the Pebble smart watch, the e-ink YotaPhone, the e-ink multi-card, even e-ink pricing tags for supermarket displays.
Imagine shoes that you can customize on the spot to match your outfit. That may soon be a reality thanks to the Volvorii Timeless Indiegogo for e-ink heels whose colors and patterns can be controlled via a smartphone app. Basically, the Volvorii smart shoe is a classic leather peep toe heel but embedded with a flexible electronic paper screen that can be made to display different things.
But it also has strong potential in fashion — especially since the invention of flexible e-paper. Take the Volvorii Timeless peep-toe heels, created by new Lithuania-based startup iShüu Technologies, currently seeking funding on Indiegogo.
The shoes come in both black and white, and it can be customised to a variety of patterned outfits thanks to a flexible e-ink display that is integrated into the shoe’s upper. Tucked away into a hollow carved out of the shoe’s sole is a Bluetooth low-energy receiver, which allows the wearer to program the e-ink display in either block black or white, or with a pattern to match their outfit, from polka dots to animal stripes to flowers.
A working prototype of the Volvorri was third party tested by Boston-based Dragon Innovation to give Indiegogo backers some peace of mind. You can now pre order the Volvorri e-ink heels from the crowdfunding site for $249, which Volvorri notes is a huge discount from the retail value, which has yet to be announced. The company hopes to ship the Volvorri smart shoes to all backers by the end of December 2015.
The team is currently offering the Volvorii Timeless shoes as a reward for an Indiegogo early bird pledge of $149, limited to 10 pairs; the regular crowdfunding price is $249. RRP is yet to be announced. The team is estimating a delivery date of December this year; you can find out more info on the Volvorii Indiegogo page.
Source:yahoo,reuters.
