May 19, 2006

asics for astronauts

by Guy Brighton

Cool Hunter, not to be confused with Cool Hunting reports on a new sneaker that defies all ideas of future design - an astronaut’s sneaker. The article says: ‘Shoe manufacturing isn’t generally considered rocket science but a new sneaker by Japanese shoemaker, Asics, comes close. The shoe – designed to make space travel more comfortable and to help astronauts keep their muscles from wasting in gravity-free outer space - is being developed with the help of the Japanese space agency’.

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