The research, led by Simiao Niu, a biomedical engineer at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was published in Science Advances.
What makes the shoe unusual is that it powers the analysis with energy generated from the wearer’s footsteps. It has no battery to recharge.
“When you are walking or running, you automatically have biomechanical energy available, so you can harvest this energy,” said Niu, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Rutgers School of Engineering.