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Herbi - very clever and equally as viable in our humble opinion

June 19, 2006 Each human foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands and in the course of a day can produce as much as a pint of sweat, so it’s not surprising that shoes often smell. Indeed, it’s not so much the sweat that makes shoes smell but the bacteria that thrive in the moist, warm environment sweat creates. Cleaning shoes has traditionally been done on the outside but that of course doesn’t get rid of the smell or the problem. Michael Kritzer is a “designer with well-founded problem identification, process, ideation, and computer skills” whose web site is designed to showcase said skills to potential design company employers. His solution to the eternal smelly shoe problem is the Shumidor, an ingenious ionic shoe deodorizer which caught our eye when we saw it on BornRich, though we must admit that some of Michael’s other products, notably a fully adjustable, hydroponic indoor herb garden named Herbi and a layered table place setting for home or commercial use named StackMe, were equally worthy of mention.