Improving shoe fit for Canadian feet

这个项目的主要目的是改善从Mark's Work Wearhouse购买的鞋子的合脚度。这将通过首先创建一个加拿大脚的三维形状的数据库来完成，然后使用高阶分析技术来识别一小部分“典型”加拿大脚的形状。这些信息将被传递给Mark's Work Wearhouse鞋楦设计师，这样Mark's生产的鞋子就能更准确地按照加拿大人的脚的大小和形状制作。这个项目的一个简单的扩展就是在Mark的商店中实施3D足部扫描仪，在那里消费者购买新鞋时，他们的脚将被快速扫描，然后他们将客观地指导他们应该购买的鞋的尺寸和形状。这种创新在鞋类零售商中是无与伦比的。以这种方式改善鞋子的合脚度将直接减少与不合脚鞋相关的不适、疼痛和足部畸形，据估计，目前有一半以上的人受到这些问题的困扰。

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.