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ProjectHi-Wear
Year2024
RoleCreator / Engineer
StatusPrototype
SectorEmbedded Systems / Wearable

Hi-Wear.

Summary

Smart footwear with embedded sensors for step counting, weight measurement, GPS tracking, and gait analysis. Pairs with a companion app via BLE.

Hi-Wear
Fig.01Hi-Wear
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The concept.

Hi-Wear is smart footwear that goes beyond basic fitness tracking. It embeds a full sensor suite inside the shoe to collect real-time data about the wearer's activity, movement patterns, and physical metrics.

The system captures steps, measures weight distribution, tracks GPS location, and analyzes walking gait. All data syncs wirelessly to a companion mobile app.

Technical architecture.

The shoe houses pressure sensors in the sole for weight and gait measurement, an accelerometer for step counting and motion detection, a GPS module for location tracking, and a BLE radio for wireless data transmission to the companion app.

SensorsPressure array, accelerometer, GPS
ConnectivityBluetooth Low Energy
DataSteps, weight, location, gait
CompanionMobile app (real-time sync)
PowerRechargeable Li-Po battery
FirmwareC/C++ on embedded MCU

Design philosophy.

Hi-Wear was designed to be invisible. The electronics are integrated into the shoe's structure so the wearer doesn't feel them. The data should be ambient: always collecting, always available, never intrusive. The companion app surfaces insights only when they're actionable.

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