Electroshoe

18-year-old Siddharth Mandala of Hyderabad has developed an "electroshoe" that will allow women to fend off attackers. One kick with the shoe and it'll deliver a powerful electric shock to an assailant. The shoe also automatically recharges itself through energy harvested from the wearer's footsteps.

So far Mandala has only developed a prototype. And unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any footage of the electroshoe in action.

The idea reminds me of the spiked defense shoes from 1955.

More info: Deccan Chronicle

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 25, 2017
Category: Fashion | Shoes | Weapons

Comments

Rosa Klebb's spiked shoes are far more practical. As long as your opponent doesn't have a chair in their hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-QrG-myF8

Or a pistol...

Posted by KDP on 09/25/17 at 08:25 AM

Jethro Bodine from the 'Beverly Hillbillies' also had a dagger in his shoe when he was a double naught spy. Unfortunately, he put it in backwards.

Posted by BMN on 09/25/17 at 10:18 AM

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