January 25, 2016

Our bands have arrived and work well to secure the calf section. We are now making adjustments to the design of our foot sole section (in or outside of the shoe) and their respective hinges (one or two degrees of motion, attached on the outside instead of having the braces "sandwiched" between them). Then, we will work on the elasticity function.

We have extruded the pegs directly from the calf section so that the foot sole section can be attached directly which will exclude the second degree of motion which the hinge created. When thinking about ways to incorporate the elasticity function which will life the toes up, a possibility would be to use a rubber "string" that can we wrapped around the peg and tightened if needed. It will serve to lift the user's toes up with the strength they need.