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Infineon, adidas Develop Lighting Shoe Prototype That Senses Music

Infineon Lighting Shoe’s microphones and microcontrollers sense music, react to it with LED lighting effects.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Imagine a sneaker that reacts to music and lights up in fascinating patterns. While that may sound futuristic, adidas AG and Infineon Technologies AG have created just such a shoe. The Infineon Lighting Shoe features Infineon’s high-end sensor technology, this innovative adidas originals NMD S1 shoe has microphones and microcontrollers that convert audio into colorful LED effects on the shoe. Essentially, it combines state-of-the-art semiconductor technology and fashion product. “When we c...

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