Researchers have demonstrated new wearable technologies that both generate electricity from human movement and improve the comfort of the technology for the people wearing them. The work stems from an ...

In August 2016, Nick Dreyer packed up his failing art dealership in Johannesburg and decided to head back to his native Cape Town. To pass the time on the long drive home, he called his old school ...

It happens to the best of us, but having a pair of nonslip or slip-resistant shoes on hand can be a great aid in helping prevent accidents — both at home, in the workplace and in our everyday lives.

This year was a good year for athletic shoe launches. From performance-driven Alo Runners and Nike Pegasus 41 to Brooks Caldera 7, we saw street-style elements making their way into training shoes ...

Products are independently selected by our editors. We may earn an affiliate commission from links. If softness and fluidity prevailed in the spring/summer ready-to-wear collections, it should ...

If softness and fluidity prevailed in the spring/summer ready-to-wear collections, it should come as little surprise that the spring/summer 2025 shoe trends mirror those motifs. As a defining element ...

Abstract: A polarization-selective element based on a polarization-maintaining fiber micro-tapered long-period fiber grating (PMF-MT-LPFG) has been efficiently fabricated and used in a dissipative ...