Handicraft

During the 4th ORTHOPÄDIE SCHUH TECHNIK – International Trade Fair and Congress in Cologne in 2017, Thomas Stief, responsible for the biomechanics department at the University of Gießen, Germany, offered a workshop where biomechanics met practical implementation. He focused on a special and very common shoe modification: rocker soles.

Four years ago, we reported for the first time on a Dutch research project to develop a glove equipped with sensors. This should make it possible to digitally map the tactile information that is recorded via the examiner's hand when taking measurements. A symposium was held this summer to present the current state of development.

From the Renaissance artist Michelangelo it is said that he only took away the superfluous marble in creating his world-famous David, so that the statue could come to light. He already saw the shape of the sculpture in his mind’s eye when only a marble block was standing in front of him. That is my thought when Franz Fischer puts a wooden log in my hand that is supposed to turn into a last according to my foot measures.