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A new smart shoe can help track changes in how people walk.
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A Rutgers smart shoe prototype analyzes movement and could one day help track changes in how people walk. (Veronica Mendez / Rutgers University via SWNS)
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Simiao Niu, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Rutgers School of Engineering (at right), and doctoral student Fuying Dong work in the lab on a smart shoe powered by the wearer’s footsteps.(Veronica Mendez / Rutgers University via SWNS)
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