Smart slippers win accolades

Shoes designed to supplement caregiving, allow real-time health monitoring

For Yuan Menghao and Wang Yanzhe, two students of product design and manufacturing, college life is more than studying and lab experiments.

In fact, their biggest recent thrill came after their smart slipper won accolades at this year's online Global Footwear Awards, an event dedicated to photography, design and architecture organized by the Farmani Group in Los Angeles.

The award-winning slippers have sensors knitted into their fabric that sense pressure and offer real-time health monitoring via a wireless link to a mobile app.