Rubber is an insulator. It insulates us from direct contact with the earth's electromagnetic field. That makes us more susceptible to the electromagnetic frequencies from appliances, TV, computer, etc.
Runnign shoes have flexible rubber soles to absorb impact.
golf shoes have rubber soles because it is a game played on the grass which needs to have stops at every step as rubber will increase the interlocking of friction, golf shoes have rubber soles
Rubber or leather
your soles of your shoes
Rubber soles prevent the player from slipping while playing basketball.
Rubber is commonly used to make the outer soles for shoes.
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Keds is a brand of canvas shoe with rubber soles, introduced in 1916 by U.S. Rubber.
because the rubber gives you a grip as it produces more friction and is also waterproof.
because the rubber gives you a grip as it produces more friction and is also waterproof.
Rubber has been used for shoe soles since the mid-19th century, with the first rubber-soled shoes emerging around the 1840s. The widespread adoption of rubber in footwear, particularly with the invention of the vulcanization process in 1839, made it more durable and practical. Thus, rubber has been utilized for shoe soles for approximately 180 years.
With a lot of nike products (espically the rubber soles from their tennis shoes) they recycyle the rubber soles and turn them into usful sports equipment. I know for a fact that with the soles, they grind them into tiny pieces or rubber and then use the ground rubber soles to make tracks for local track and field fields. The soft springy rubber track is actually amazing to run on. Also, if the shoes are not in too bad of shape (i.e. soles are worn but the shoes is in decent shape) Nike will donate the shoes to people in need (homeless, poor, third world country inhabitants, etc)