Twinkle Toes

It was hard to make a physics project that related to me, but I ultimately went with light up shoes. I used to wear the gimmicky blinking shoes you could get at famous footwear, and probably still would if they came is my shoe size. I thought it would be fun to make a pair using circuitry and electrical lights. I am also pace when I need to think so it made sense to put light bulbs on my feet. (like the kind that pop up in cartoons when someone gets an idea.) Ultimately though, I just find the idea of something lighting up when I walk entertaining.
When I designed them, I wanted the toes to be a switch. I didn’t have any particular reason for this I just thought it would be cool. It was the first thing that came to mind when the project was mentioned. It did limit the design of my circuit to a point though, I originally wanted to do parallel circuits, but I had to change it to a series circuit so that it would fit.
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