TECH: FOOTWEAR, MATTRESSES MAY BE CHANGED BY MATERIAL

SmartFoam’s Nanoparticles Have Big Markets Potential

By Brad Graves

Originally published August 18, 2016 at 2:43 p.m., updated August 18, 2016 at 2:43 p.m.

Sensors inside a running shoe, like the one UCSD’s Don Sirbuly is holding, may be part of the next wave in wearable technology. Photo courtesy of SmartFoam

Sensors inside a running shoe, like the one UCSD’s Don Sirbuly is holding, may be part of the next wave in wearable technology. Photo courtesy of SmartFoam

San Diego — Don Sirbuly sits at his office desk at UC San Diego’s engineering school and offers me a squishy piece of black plastic foam about the size of a dime...

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