There are few odors that are more offensive than stinky feet and shoes, but most of the common solutions like Odor Eaters seem so 20th century to us gadget freaks.

Japanese people never wear their street shoes inside the house, so trust them to have come up with a high tech solution for podiatric malodorousness. The Shoe Pure 100 uses a combination of heated air and ozone to dry out your shoes and kill any bacteria, with an automated process that takes as little as 30 minutes. Just push the button on the top, and a pair of arms will pop out to willingly accept your smelliest brogues or hi-tops, while the egg-like housing's subtle blue glow shows that the process is working.

Currently the Shoe Pure is available only in Japan for mere $68, which sounds like a bargain if you happen to have an athletic teenager around the house. — Michael Trei

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