Thanks to designer Erez Lieberman, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the iShoe could someday help doctors and NASA scientists identify balance problems before a fall occurs. At present ishoe diagnoses balance issues, but Lieberman theorizes that future versions will actively correct bad balance with sensory stimulation. Lieberman and of the iShoe team created a new algorithm for Astronauts who return home with a host of balance issues due to the weightlessness of space, This algorithm is capable of looking at the pressure distribution of proprioceptors on the feet and analyze what that data meant. Proprioceptors, are sensory receptors which tell your brain where body parts are in relation to other body parts and the objects around you.

When Lieberman's grandmother had a bad fall, he knew the tech could be used as a "balance diagnostic" to help doctors and their patients prevent falls before they occurred. The device's super-sensitive insole would measure the pressure of the foot and report data to the doctor, and in extreme cases an alarm would alert family or care givers to a fall.

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