Adidas + computer technology = Smart shoes

The new shoe contains a microchip in its arch that adjusts the degree of cushioning to surface conditions. Capable of making 5 million calculations per second, the microprocessor continually monitors the impact of your stride; the chip then tells a motor-driven cable system to tighten or loosen, making the cushioning firmer or softer. "What we have, basically, is the first footwear product that can change its characteristics in real time," says Christian DiBenedetto, leader of the top-secret team that developed the adidas 1.
That is a very good idea, because it improves the performance, but it has a problem, the price. It is very expensive ($250) for many people. It is true that profesional competitors, who has sponsors and much money do not care about it, but in regional competitions or even in schools or colleges, not all students can afford it

can computers think?

At a time when computer technology is advancing at a breakneck pace and when software developers are glibly hawking their wares as having artificial intelligence, the inevitable question has begun to take on a certain urgency: Can a computer think? Really think? Yes, machines can think in principle, but not necessarily in the same way we do. Computers can think if one admits that the question is to be answered by experiment and observation, comparing the behaviour of the computer with that behaviour of human beings to which the terms “thinking” is generally applied.