circuit board fashion...

[Azeuron]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/04/07/circuit-board-chic-motherboards-recycled-into-shoes-and-boxers/

[Simon Bar Sinister]

I've always wanted to do that to the front of my Tele-style guitar.

[hunhee]

Interesting.

[FarrIL]

No. I think I've seen some pretty tacky stuff but thus far, this takes the cake.

I'd rather see that stuff incorporated into cyber falls or jewelry versus a pair of shoes, or boxers. I dont forsee them being anywhere near comfortable, nor fashionable.

[StormKnight (1)]

It would be easy to make accent boards though. Just cut it from stock,

Having a hobby of etching my own electronic boards, it would not be so hard to etch something interesting.

And with a little extra effort, you can add functionality to them as well. Cut a small board out of stock, a triple-nickel chip, batteries, a few LEDs, some old coils from a radio (nonfunctional,) a coat of solder mask (the reason why circuit boards are green/red/whatever but brown,) and *flash* instant light accents.

Of course, since the triple-nickle (for non-techies, the 555 timer 8-pin DIN IC chip,) can have an adjustable frequency, I can think of a few other ideas of what to time.

Edited April 17, 2010 by StormKnight

[taysteewonderbunny]

Too stiff for clothing. I can envision them being fashioned into jewelry and purses, though. Buttons, maybe, and hair accessories.

[DJ Nocker]

I actually think that the tennis Shoes are awesome, they remind me of the robots from "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey".

[BloodCupcake]

Doesn't look comfortable. I mean how can you bend or anything? Must admit the shoes are kinda sweet though. The pumps are gawdy.

[Oh_My_Goth]

I want the shoes