Improving shoe fit for Canadian feet

这个项目的主要目标是改善从马克的工作穿戴屋购买的鞋子的合适性。这将通过首先创建一个加拿大脚的三维形状数据库来完成，然后使用更高阶的分析技术来识别一小部分“典型的”加拿大脚的形状。这些信息将被传递给Mark‘s Work Wearhouse鞋底设计师，这样Mark’s生产的鞋子就可以更准确地制作成实际加拿大脚的大小和形状。该项目的一个直接扩展是在Mark‘s商店实施3D足部扫描仪，在那里，购买新鞋的消费者将得到快速的脚部扫描，然后他们将被客观地引导到他们应该购买的鞋子的尺寸和形状。这种创新在鞋类零售商中将是无与伦比的。以这种方式改善鞋子的合适性将直接减少与不合脚的鞋子相关的不适、疼痛和足部畸形，据估计，这些问题目前困扰着超过一半的人口。

The main objective of this project is to improve the fit of shoes purchased from Mark's Work Wearhouse. This will be done by first creating a database of the three-dimensional shapes of Canadian feet, then using higher order analysis techniques to identify a small set of 'typical' Canadian foot shapes. This information will be transferred to Mark's Work Wearhouse shoe last designers, such that the shoes that Mark's produces are more accurately built to the size and shape of actual Canadian feet. A straightforward extension to this project would be the implementation of 3D foot scanners in Mark's stores, where consumers shopping for new shoes would have their feet quickly scanned, and then they would be objectively directed to the shoe size and shape that they should purchase. This innovation would be unparalleled among footwear retailers. Improving footwear fit in this way would directly decrease discomfort, pain, and foot deformities associated with ill-fitting shoes, which are estimated to currently afflict more than half of the population.