Students Build Computer-Coded Shoe for Miss Georgia
3,379 views · Published 1 September 2016 · 1:38 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: Georgia Tech · 2016 · Education
For the second time in three years, Miss Georgia is a Yellow Jacket. When Patricia Ford asked for a shoe she could wear in the Miss America Show Your Shoes Parade, when decided to up the game and build a computer coded LED shoe that lights up based on the movements of Patricia's foot. Electrical engineering student Ryan Beckmann coded the microcontroller and implanted an accelerometer in the heel of the shoe. Industrial design major Jordan Thomas, who helped make a 3D printed shoe for 2014 Miss Georgia Maggie Bridges, designed a hexagon-themed version of the Atlanta skyline on the base of the shoe. You can watch Georgia Tech graduate Patricia Ford compete at the Miss America pageant on Sept. 11 on ABC. You can vote for her for fan favorite here: http://missamerica.org/vote/
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