When I was smaller, I used to watch the anime Naruto, and intrigued by ninja's ability to stand or walk on water using chakra.

While in the real world we don't have chakra, I am always wondering if technology can help me achieve this water-walking dream.

A lot of the existing water-walking shoes only make use of the buoyancy of foam or inflated structures to balance the weight of human body, which resulted in really bulky design.

I wonder if I can add some other types of forces, like those generated by a propeller, to shrink the size of the shoes and make water-walking more elegant. I think the hardest part is to stay balanced on water, and I haven't come up with a good idea for that.

After doing more searches, I found this video, which spoke my mind and did exactly what I wanted to do.

But... I feel that this project might be too much for the class, so for the final project, I was thinking about building something like an electric hydrofoil.

Update From Later Weeks

The electric hydrofoil turned out to be a dream too. The final decision for the final project was a boat water quality monitor + humidifier.