Feature Math Spirals inspire walking aids for people with disabilities Engineers design a special shoe that may improve gait and a skateboard that rocks and rolls SPIRAL STEPS The spiral’s unique characteristics may help disabled people get where they’re going. _nav_ /Istockphoto By Dana Mackenzie October 31, 2014 at 2:00 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Consider the wheel. Round. Dependable. Boring. Hasn’t been redesigned in centuries. Positively Neolithic. Now consider the spiral. Eccentric. Open-ended. Captivating. Native Americans carved spirals as petroglyphs.
