Most humans will look at a bird and dram of flight, but Keahi Seymour looked at an ostrich and dreamed of how a human can run faster. He is the inventor of the bionic running boots that are geared as the transportation fitness device of the future. Seymour was inspired by fast land animals in the way they store elastic energy in their tenants. This boot replicate that in the use of natural rubber springs. As the boot runs there`s a pivoted lever, which then flexes the tension springs at the back, which store the energy. Precisely speaking, he modeled them on ostrich legs.
The ostrich is the fastest bipedal animal on earth. Seymour looked at its physiology in terms of its bone and tendon structure. The length of the boot gives you increased stride length. This stride length also gives speed. For example, the ostrich itself has a stride length of 20 to 25 foot. The bionic running boots currently deliver 10 to 12 foot. Seymour`s dream is to achieve the stride length of an ostrich which runs 45 miles an hour. It`s a dream he`s chased for almost 20 years. Watch the video below and tell us what you think.
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