FAB FAB VOLCANIC SHOES 

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The idea

Educative fashion
In the beginning I wanted to make lava high heels.
As the project went that idea slowly developed into a different direction.I decided to continue to work with the volcanic concept which is especially fitting now since there have been quite a few eruptions recently in Iceland.

The idea is to educate through fashion. I myself am learning to become a teacher and I really think its important to engage students in different ways.
To me its really important that fashion tells a story and these shoes tell the story of my Island´s history. The shoes are meant to give people just a taste of what it was like during the eruption in 1973. Like in the game “The floor is lava” if you keep your feet on the ground for a certain time it triggers “an earthquake” that the shoes produce through an inbuilt vibration motor. A lightshow mimicking lava then follows. On the side of the shoes you can see some of the houses that went under lava.

I wanted to push the limits of what a shoe is by incorporating as many of the methods I learned in the Fab Academy as possible.

My inspirations

Nature

I was largely inspired by volcanoes, since I live in Iceland they are not really a rare sight and I am fascinated by the beauty of it all. The nearly untamable power of our planet is unfathomable. An eruption started on my birthday while working on the shoes: https://www.ruv.is/english/2024-05-29-eruption-on-reykjanes-peninsula-413853

 

Plan

Input:

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Button and Accelerometer
The Accelerometer measures acceleration along multiple axes, x, y and z, allowing detection of movement, tilt, and orientation of the shoes.  I use ADXL 345 accelerometer (https://3dverk.is/en/products/adxl345) to detect whether the shoes are moving or not.

Output:

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Vibration motor: An electric motor that vibrates after the trigger for a few seconds before the "eruption"

Neopixels : I  Neopixelstick 8 piece 
The adafruit neopixel strip will be the light source for this light up shoe. The colours will be cold in their natural state but when the individual has the shoes still for too long the fire show begins. A floor is lava concept.

Power:

USB  powerbank.

USB powerbanks may not be ideal for this sorta thing since they add unessecary weight to the shoes but we went with it anyway since there is not much time left

Changes:

So the original idea was to make high heels where the heel would be sculpted into clay, 3d scanned and then molded.
After some consideration I have decided to make platforms instead of having the heel seperate.
Why? Well to put it frankly I dont think there will be time to create a heel that is stable enough to hold body weight. And this way the lights will be able

The inspiration is Icelandic nature

Prototyping

the first ever sketch:

Version 1 Traced my foot and began  trying to make it at least resemble a high heel Shoe size: 39 Front platform height: 10cm Heel: 16cm Pros size accurate Kinda cool looking Looks like a high heel Cons Not very stable Heel not very stable

Version 2 Starting by taping my entire foot Then i traced it and made it into a high heel

Version 3 Sadly something went wrong with the measurements but its okay because I now had this cute stand for my sunglasses!

Version 4 So for this version i wanted to try using the geometric tools in blender. Up until now I had not used it and I could not figure it out. It turned out that I happened to have an old version of blender so it didn´t have the tools for it. So that kinda explained why I could not figure out how to work with it. Anyway! I used this super useful tutorial to learn the basics. In this tutorial I learned how to use a random selection generation to make sick patterns. Instead of using an IcoSphere like in the video, I used a 3d scan of my foot!

Version 5 (final)

after playing around in blender for a while I decided it was time to start using fusion. Mostly due to the fact I realized my foot was too big for the 3D printer so I may need to do this in parts. I began following this tutorial I found online

What does it do?

The Fab Fab Volcanic Shoes encourage the user to keep on moving to see different colors in the platform of the shoes or the user will experience a light version of earthquake and lava eruption.
The Fab fab volcanic shoes have a microcontroller that reads acceleration data from an ADXL345 sensor and prints the X, Y, and Z values to the serial monitor. It maps these values to RGB colors for an 8-pixel NeoPixel strip, updating colors in real-time. If acceleration values change by less than 1 for 4000 milliseconds, it activates an LED and vibration motor for 3000 milliseconds and displays a smooth, 5000-millisecond lava color show on the NeoPixels, ensuring responsive and frequent updates throughout.

The shoes will display a Neopixel RGB light show when the person is moving in blueish colors depending on how the person is moving, getting signals from the z axis in the accelerometer.

If the person stops moving for more than 3 seconds (same signal from the accelerometer x times), then the person wearing the shoes will sense an earthquake (vibration from vibration motor for 2 seconds and the lava will start flowing around the shoes, (with colors from the lava) see image.
// 1 (254, 120, 10)
// 2 (254, 116, 0)
//3 (240,90, 0)
// 4 (244,54, 0)
// 5 (250,30,0)
// 6 (250,20,0)
// 7 (253,10, 0)
// 8 (255,0, 0)

In the future it could also potentially>

Work in the way that the XIAO will then send a signal to the built in website “ Eruption has started.”

Who's done what beforehand?

Landgreen Arduino Lava shoes: A pressure sensor in the heel of the shoes controls the number of LEDs that light up
Link: https://landgreen.github.io/projects/index.html

Adafruit Firewalker LED Sneakers :
Link: https://learn.adafruit.com/firewalker-led-sneakers/overview

Dermot O´Brien: Uses wood and light to create sculptures
Link: https://www.lightsculptures.co/

Alaza Epstein made shoe soles in molding and casting week
Link: https://fabacademy.org/2019/labs/dassault/students/aleza-epstein/assignments/week10/

Zara Hadid: architect who made a 3d shoe collection
As a designer, you first have to understand how shoes land with each step, how the wearer can balance and also the ergonomics and dynamics of how to ensure comfort and support – it’s all about working with the foot. but of course our intention was also to create a shoe that explores new possibilities in terms of design and manufacturing techniques. all these aspects have been carefully considered as a whole, and I don’t think one is more important than the others.-Zara Hadid

Link : https://www.designboom.com/design/zaha-hadid-interview-united-nude-re-inventing-shoes-5vie-milan-design-week-04-11-2015/

3d Printed lamp
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURB80OolQo

Inspirations:

https://www.dollskill.com/cdn/shop/products/6dPdgBixkqOVmPfS5U4tuLhxZG6XBSsP-24.jpg?v=1654958295

What did i design?

I designed :

• the platform
• the sole
• the upper part
• the PCB
• etc

What materials and components were used?Where did they come from and how much did they cost

FAB XIAO
Where to buy?	Component short	Quantity	Info	Component	Unit Price	Total	Supplier
Proto Board FR1	Board	1	TOL-14976	Single side circuit board stock	1.40	$1.40	Digikey
Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040	M2	1	102010428	SEEED STUDIO XIAO RP2040	$5.40	$5.40	Digikey
0Ω resistor	R0	1	RC1206FR-070RL	RES 0 OHM JUMPER 1/4W 1206	$0.01	$0.01	Digikey
499 Ω resistor	R2	1	RC1206FR-07499RL	RES 499 OHM 1% 1/4W 1206	$0.01	$0.01	Digikey
1kΩ resistor	R1	1	RC1206FR-071KL	RES 1K OHM 1% 1/4W 1206	$0.01	$0.01	Digikey
LED	D2	1	150120BS75000	LED BLUE CLEAR 1206 SMD	$0.18	$0.18	Digikey
Button	SW2	1	B3SN-3112P	Tactile Switch SPST-NO Top Actuated Surface Mount	$0.92	$0.92	Digikey
Female 1 row horizontal header	J3	1	8 pins	0.100" 2.54mm 1x40 Pin 40 Position Female PCB Header Single Row Right Angle	$0.91	$0.91	AliExpress
	J2	1	5 pins	0.100" 2.54mm 1x40 Pin 40 Position Female PCB Header Single Row Right Angle	$0.57	$0.57	AliExpress
Male 2 row vertical header	J1	1	S2351E-03-ND	CONN HEADER SMD 6POS 2.54MM		$0.00	Digikey
	M2	2	NPTC021KFXC-RC	CONN HDR 2POS 0.1 TIN SMD	$0.51	$1.02	Digikey
	M2	2	NPTC051KFXC-RC	CONN HDR 5POS 0.1 TIN SMD	$0.73	$1.46	Digikey

+EPOXY RESIN
+Denim from jeans- pretty much free since they were falling appart

 What parts and systems were made?

I created a Printed Circuit Board :)

What processes were used?

Methods:

PCB designing:
Used Krita when designing PCB board for inputs and outputs.

PCB milling: I used Modela MDX-20 for milling out all circuit boards:

Laser cutter for rastering I used epilog mini-helix for engraving patterns to the lower platform of the shoes and also for engraving patterns on the textile in the tongue of the shoes.  I used laser cutting when cutting out the lower platform from the rest of the material.
I used the laser cutter when making a rig for cutting out the lower platform
I also used the laser cutter for countless prototypes of the shoe last when cutting out in cardboard.

3D scanning
I used the 3d scanner when I scanned my food and then I used the scan to model around the foot.

2D+3D designing
I used Krita when sketching the shoes and for 2d animation of the light effects.  I used Inkscape for designing patterns and for the laser cutter.
I used Blender for 3d modeling a draft of the shoes and making 3d animation
I used Fusion 360 for modeling the shoe last and the shoes upper and lower platform and also when modeling the shoe sole.

3D printing
I used the 3d printer to print the houses that disappeared  under the lava on textile.  I also used 3d printing when printing the eyelets or the holes for threading the lace through.
I also used the 3D printer to make prototypes of various shoeforms.

CNC 2.5 and 3D Milling
I used 2.5 milling when milling out the shoe sole.
I used 3D milling when I was making a shoe last and also a form for the lower platform.

 
Vaccuum forming
I used vacuum forming when making the lower platform of the shoes.
I also used the vacuum forming when I was prototyping the shoes.

Sewing
I used sewing when making the tongue for the shoe.

NFC chip
I programmed a NFC chip (with NFC tools app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wakdev.wdnfc&hl=en&pli=1 )
To to got this site that lets you know if there is an actual eruption happening in Iceland at that moment: https://ereldgos.is/

Vinyl cutting
I used vinyl cutter to make stickers for the sole and directions on the power bank with information about the project.

Composites
I used composites to make the upper part of the shoe around the shoe last that I had 3D milled out.

Embedded programming / Inputs and Outputs
I used embedded programming when programming the microcontroller on the  circuit board that I had designed to be used with inputs (accelerometer and button) and outputs (Neopixels and vibration motor).

Interface and Application Programming
I programmed a python program to interface the accelerometer and show the data from it in a bar and also a virtual landscape and a downloadable 3D form.

System Integration
I integrated the system together so that the wires would not be loose and so that the shoes could be worn and used. And the goal was to ensure proper connectivity and durability.

What questions were answered?

Can someone with no shoe making experience make shoes
absolutely.
How to integrate different outputs and inputs

What worked and what did not?

The lights on the shoes worked, the fashion aspect on the other hand did not. There was only enough time to do half the pair but the half that got made worked fine and were stable enough to stand on.

How was it evaluated?

User testing: My sister really liked the shoe although it was quite hard to get in and out of since the epoxy and denim were pretty solid. Next version could be a little softer.

The shoes are not exactly comfortable but they do work and are both wearable and walkable.

What are the implications?

Educational shoes.
Shoes that are more than shoes. Shoes that tell a story

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