WATCH: These bionic boots let you run as fast as a car

Published October 29, 2014 6:21pm

Who would have thought an ostrich would be the inspiration for the next generation of fitness gear?

Meet the Bionic Boots - a brainchild of Keahi Seymour that can catapult a wearer forward at high speed, "with maximum efficiency and agility."

Check out their website here.

The boots were designed to mimic the mechanical movement of ostrich legs.

Seymour told PopSci.com that the boots potentially enable him to "emulate the birds’ springy gait and match their top speed—45 mph."

But for now, at least, his prototype only boosts his pace to a brisk 25 mph—which is still faster than the 23.4 mph world speed record held by athlete Usain Bolt, but far short of the speeds of some land animals.

"(B)ut Seymour won’t rest until he can take the human body to the next level, and outrun some of Earth’s fastest land animals," PopSci added. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News

Tags: bionics, bionicboots, running