Billie Jean LED light-up disco shoes

These are shoes with LED floor tiles attached to the bottom of them and a pressure switch so that they light up when you put your feet down, just like Michael Jackson's Billie Jean video. They are powered by a battery pack which you put in your pocket. This project was built in a bit of a rush for a party, and there are many things I would have liked to do better with it. They are still awesome though, and plenty bright enough for a club. They look surprisingly cool when not lit up too.

Step 1: You will need

** shoes with a hard sole, not rubber
** white spray paint for shoes
** wire
** 24 high brightness LEDs. I used 20000mcd 5mm diffused glow
** reasonably heavy duty microswitch
** polycarbonate sheet approx 30cm square (depends how big your feet are!)
** bits of wood to make the frame
** 3D cell battery holder

Comments

[MJFAN#1]

Imma huge MJ fan and these are the sickest MJ shoes I've ever seen! P.S. : R.I.P. MJ. :(

[micobanff]

 I would love to turn my stairs into pressure activated MJ floor lights!

AMAZING idea. I love how you turned a seemingly complicated idea into such a simple well explained instructable. Great writing skills.

[666irock]

dude these shoes aref**king asome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but how big do they have to be for size 13 wide???

[kingbob9_9_]

that such a cool idea im a big MJ fan i have to build this.

[DIYbabe]

Love these shoes!  Crazy!

[Arbitror]

For your next and better version: a changing color disco version!

[Jur]

Wow, impressive!
Isn't it difficult to walk in these though?
I imagine you have to adapt a pretty funny walking style =P

[fultron89]

Craziness. Try dancing in these.
Must post Video!

[caitlinsdad]

Cool!  You could take a strip of that air-conditioner foam gasket filler to go around the edges inside to seal off the light that leaks at the bottom.

[Tzite]

Epic.These are awesome.