Well it's about time NASA got involved

Article in the Globe Style section today about a shoe company in California using NASA technology to make stilettos and heels more comfortable:

I was comfortable and confident, and I had technology to thank. Indeed, my debt of gratitude was to none other than NASA. Lining my Anyi Lu shoes was a two-millimetre layer of Poron, which is used for seat cushions in space shuttles. A polymer made up of tiny air bubbles that act as a shock-absorption system, Poron doesn't bottom out under pressure.

While I don't own a pair of stilettos, I do own several pairs of kicky heels, mostly in sandal form. For the most part, I would say that my shoes are comfortable, but that I also welcome any developments to make them more comfortable, especially for prolonged, all-day wear.

Maybe I should have been a shoe engineer instead. I would, of course, make all prototypes size 5, so I could take them for myself once their scientific lives were over. Waste not, want not, right?