Clean up with a soft shoe shuffle

They're one giant leap for man and womankind on the domestic front – shoes with a built-in vacuum cleaner that suck up dust as you walk.

Designers at Electrolux believe the footwear, called the Dustmate, will allow busy people – especially young professionals – to do their chores without having to drop everything.



Research shows the average householder spends almost 90 hours every year vacuuming the house.

But Electrolux says the Dustmate could turn cleaning into an 'unconscious byproduct of everyday life'.

The greencoloured shoes have two parts – a rechargeable base that contains the vacuum motor and an elastic sock which holds the user's foot in place.