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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.

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

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U.S. space weapons probably aren’t what you think

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