Smart socks??
If you can see it, touch it, hold it, or imagine it, you can bet there’s a computer engineering out there someplace trying to figure out how to make it more useful.
Check out this recent article in the Portland Press Harald, highlighting an invention by three Maine brothers: Eric, Aron, and Evan Semle. Aron and Evan are ECE grads (2008 and 2011 respectively). Their smart sock is aimed at helping Alzheimer patients.