The university announced Wednesday that the “Prominence” could be the first non-custom prosthetic foot to adapt to high heels up to 4 inches high. Women who get a prosthetic foot after losing a leg to disease or injury have limited shoe options, but an invention by five Johns Hopkins University students may change that. “An adjustable ankle is useful in contexts even beyond high heels,” Capellini said in the release. “High heels have become an integral part of the female lifestyle in modern society, permeating through all aspects of life— professional and social,” the mechanical engineering students wrote in a report of their project. “I think the final prototype produced showed the way forward,” Nathan Scott, a senior mechanical engineering lecturer at Johns Hopkins University who advised the student group, said in the release.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2016 10:14 UTC