Rollerblades immobilize your ankles on purpose for safety. These boots do the exact opposite and provide zero real support, so one misstep and congratulations on your sprained ankle.
As someone who used heelies for a decade and has dropped in on massive half pipes with them even.
These arent smart shoes and you would be fucking lucky to even be able to scoot around at all. The sole is also WAY too chunky and you wouldn't be able to cut at all. So any amount of speed or pivoting would just result in massive problems.
Now I want to design motorized heelies to fit in platform shoes.
But first I should probably learn to design motorized shit that's more sophcsticated than "turn on switch and go full-tilt with no fuses or battery protection circuits."
the ux of the controls would be a tough part I think. Although with how good modern microcontrollers are it wouldn't be that hard to make a tiny remote that communicates over bluetooth low energy
I'd go with a button in the nose that you press when your foot is flat on the ground. Lifting your toes activates the wheels, full throttle, no brakes. Ride or die.
37 Comments
snoons@lemmy.ca · 57 pts · 323d
You could fit a larger wheel in there too, maybe even a tiny motor and drive train.
sunoc@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 323d
Hell yeah, boots with motorized chain tracks! Now we’re going places!
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 323d
Dot! Dooooot! Dot Matrix!
Damage@feddit.it · 5 pts · 322d
First step towards Air Gear
lena@gregtech.eu · 27 pts · 323d
Seems slightly dangerous...
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 323d
They always were
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 323d
They make Heelys in adult sizes since kids aren't as coordinated as grown ups
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 323d
I'm a grown-up and my coordination did not improve, please advise
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 323d
Buy more Heelys
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 323d
Ok also ow
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 323d
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 323d
I love how many people are genuinely considering these shoes in the comments.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 323d
Wait, you don't?
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 323d
I feel like the lack of ankle mobility is a death sentence
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 6 pts · 323d
Have you ever seen how high up rollerblades went?
jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 323d
Rollerblades immobilize your ankles on purpose for safety. These boots do the exact opposite and provide zero real support, so one misstep and congratulations on your sprained ankle.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 6 pts · 323d
My daughter informed me of the same.
Also, she still wants a pair.
Meron35@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 323d
Beauty is pain 😔✊
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 322d
As someone who used heelies for a decade and has dropped in on massive half pipes with them even.
These arent smart shoes and you would be fucking lucky to even be able to scoot around at all. The sole is also WAY too chunky and you wouldn't be able to cut at all. So any amount of speed or pivoting would just result in massive problems.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 322d
luxliminal@piefed.social · 17 pts · 323d
I have feelies about these heelies
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 323d
No one they/them should have so much power
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 323d
Ok armored core
Baggie@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 323d
Least you can't break your ankles?
sunoc@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 323d
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 322d
Would actually be easier to break them in these, they don't provide support and actually prevent some foot movements using heelies require at speed.
It's dumb
MeatPilot@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 323d
radish@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 323d
yknow i'm thinking of getting metal legs, it's a risky operation but it'll be worth it
toomanypancakes@piefed.world · 7 pts · 323d
I would unironically wear those everywhere
fuckgod@feddit.online · 6 pts · 323d
I always wanted to try those.
But I didn't wanna commit the money until I had some assurance of success.
urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 323d
i have heelies at home... my most priced possession.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 323d
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 323d
Now I want to design motorized heelies to fit in platform shoes.
But first I should probably learn to design motorized shit that's more sophcsticated than "turn on switch and go full-tilt with no fuses or battery protection circuits."
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 323d
the ux of the controls would be a tough part I think. Although with how good modern microcontrollers are it wouldn't be that hard to make a tiny remote that communicates over bluetooth low energy
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 323d
An electric skateboard controller would be all you'd need.
You could probably Just rip the guts out of a small board and make shoes as long as you didn't mind only having one foot drive...
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 323d
probably an ideal system would also be able to sense tilt and decelerate if you're starting to fall over backwards
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 323d
If my electric skateboard experience counts for anything, you tend to let go of the throttle when you're falling, so deceleration happens.
This is also why it's important to have a lanyard on your controls.
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 323d
All fun and games until someone goes all watch dogs on your shoes and skates you out the front of the line at the grocery store.
Hoimo@ani.social · 3 pts · 322d
I'd go with a button in the nose that you press when your foot is flat on the ground. Lifting your toes activates the wheels, full throttle, no brakes. Ride or die.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 323d
Spring-heeled Jack boots or gtfo