Unconventional Switch Sports Mode

 

    

        

This unconventional switch lights up the LED when the Croc is put into sports mode, adding some extra power to your athletic activities! We used a 9-volt battery, a breadboard with a power module attachment, two jumper wires with alligator clips, two resistors, an LED, a Croc, and two pieces of aluminum foil. The pieces of aluminum foil are attached to the strap and heel of the Croc, and when the strap is lowered (as in sports mode), the aluminum touches, completes the circuit, and lights up the LED. For this design to be wearable, the components would have to be much smaller and welded onto the shoe, however, this works as a proof-of-concept and/or prototype.

- Thomas Dean and Sarah Walenciak