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On: Mar 17, 07
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Last August, we heard news of gasoline powered Russian Boots… Where are they now?  Oh.. That’s right, people don’t want to break their legs.

At 70 mpg, these gasoline-powered russian boots are definitely fuel efficient! Complete with tiny pistons, this footwear was classified by the Russian military uptil recently. These boots were designed by a top engineering student. However, due to Russia’s oil-focussed economy, there is little room in the marketplace for entrepreneurs and this cool invention has remained little more than an interesting curiosity.

Being a star engineering student at the top-notch science university here wasn’t enough to exempt Viktor K. Gordeyev from his physical education class. Mr. Gordeyev, a specialist in airplane piston engines, sweated it out with everyone else, running laps in lumbering heavy boots in this town in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. Mr. Gordeyev invented a gasoline-powered boot that looks like pogo sticks that strap to your shins, and they work on the same principle as the air-cushioned basketball shoe. But rather than being dismissed as a crackpot invention, his boots — which use tiny pistons — became classified as a Russian military secret until 1994. (disinfo)

References: nytimes, disinfo

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So cool. I want one for myself

By: POPEYE on Mar 18, 07   107 Trends   4 Comments

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