Simple IDEAa reposting it as was at a ABOUT.com site then at a FOXBLOG.

  Now when posted at ABOUT.com  "WxBabes" in ~ 1999 (web site no longer in existence) those lit up T-shirts i think Phillips of Europe now (2007 AD) makes did not exist.

 Without getting into detail the idea came about in the late 1970s when i saw in an electronic magazine later in a  RAD Shack (radio Shack) circular (no longer exist) which presented L.E.Ds that
could change colour/color. My idea was to create a fiber optic strands girls could place in their hair as to hand twist / shape designs they wanted into their hair, i thought maybe flowers or
their nicknames NOT REAL NAME otherwise one is giving vital information to strangers.

  Why think this, well since a child i liked to uplift all types of people and being a boy interested in girls i tried to see how i could cheer girls up, besides using candy then, and wealth
now. Now when hearing of girls with "black / African" hair talk and how even girls with that type of hair would put themselves down / talk negative of their natural gifts i took the time (heck,
what else did  have to do but play on playgrounds and write my science pages] i was a child to lift up their spirit by reinforcing the positives we all have.

     Jump forward, as one way i would uplift girls with African hair was to explain how both "main" hairstyles have their beauty:

    

"Flowing hair" i called what most called European/Asian, while African/Caribbean hair i called "Flowering hair", the latter as that type of hair stays in place as if a flower. Both types again
have their beautiful aspects and as proof i would say notice how girls with European hair spray all that "Auqanet" hairspray (Auqa = water. that was mostly shellac for hair) so it (hair) can stay
in place like African hair and African hair girls "straighten" really burn their hair so it can act like European hair.

 

   Well i thought of ideas for both to show off their beauty and one i sent to Vivian Brown of the weather channel ~1993 then in the early 21st century the same idea to a lady
at FOX 5 NYC roughly as follows but more deeply explained when i wrote the newswomen as i included diagrams and explain if i hear not from those i write ideas to within 7-8yrs i will send that
idea to someone else till i notice its created.

     In the late 1970s/early 1980s first used clear fishing line...UNUSED of course, then noticed fiber optic strands and created a tiny battery compartment so the L.E.D could
shine and reflect any escaping L.E.D light using aluminum foil so the L.E.Ds colour went into the fiber optic. Now the girls with African hair could use this IDEA best as it would stay in place
'caue of heir hair type and even create  tri color animation no not "EAT AT JOES". 

 WELL ZOOOOM ahead 10+ yrs and i thought why not sneakers with a tiny LED in the upper foam side (NOT BACK as that is where one tugs to pull shoes on which might crush L.E.D)
now via a squeeze switch a person can change the sneakers animated design or trim colour (see this simple VIDEO using news anchor Vinita Nair's sneakers - animation only 3 seconds replay till one notices sneaker color changing) BTW i also post at World News Now facebook site using a
completely different user name, but i think one can tell by my typing / grammar style or lack there of.

   IF PHILLIPS of Europe makes a fine enough readout one can actually change the entire sneaker canvas colour though negatives on that are in criminal cases thus soles should have a special
embedded deign / prints and players in sports might try to change shoes colour as to confuse opponent.