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Immigrant Tech: Shoes Designed to Help Border Crossers
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:12:17 GMT
Couldn't let this one slip by without alerting the readers of funsec. ;-) Via Gizmodo. [snip] Now heres something thats sure to create a little bit of controversy. Theyre called Brincos, and theyre shoes designed to help illegal immigrants cross the U.S.-Mexican border. Designed by Argentinean artist Judi Werthein, these shoes feature an array of items designed to make the dangerous trip across the border a little less so. Theres a built-in compass, a pouch inside the tongue used to store aspirin and a map of popular routes going from Tijuana to San Diego on the insole. An Aztec eagle adorns the heel, while the shoes red, white, and green colors remind you that, yes, the shoes were designed with Mexican nationals in mind. The Brincos (the name derives from the Spanish verb brincar, to jump, as in, to jump the border) were handed out for free to migrants, while so-called hip stores in San Diego were spotted selling them for $215. Please dont tell Pat Buchanan. [snip] http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/shoes/shoes-designed-to-help-border-crossers-156043.php - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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