Man creates "growing shoes" for poor kids

[Ultimate Paragon]

http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/man-creates-shoes-that-grow-so-poor-kids-dont-outgrow-them/

This is really cool, even if the quality of the shoes declines after a while.  I have a friend who used to work in a shoe store, and he says when a pair had something wrong with them like loose stitching or whatever, if a customer complained they had to damage them out (record it and throw them away), which we both always thought was horribly wasteful.  There's no reason not to donate perfectly good shoes.

[Second Coming of Madman]

Dude, that's actually legitimately cool.

[Askold]

Yeah, IF the shoes are sturdy enough to last that long, then these will be amazing for poor families (in warm climates.)