Social Networking Shoe: But Can It Make Calls?
Isaac Daniel poses with his latest GPS-enabled shoe, which uses Bluetooth to broadcast the wearer's location to his/her cell phone and, from there, select friends' cell phones or Facebook.
Daniel's location-aware footwear launched in 2007, targeting parents who want to prevent abductions and keep tabs on their kids (fun police!).
That said, you and I are not really the target demo. Still, at $150 per pair, parents might as well buy their kids a smartphone, no?
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#1 – 10:31 AM June 16, 2009
Isn't facebook enough of a panopticon for some people without letting everyone in the world know EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AT A GIVEN MOMENT? I can't be the only one who thinks this is weird...
Amit
#2 – 8:15 AM June 17, 2009
I've heard of other application for GPS embedded in shoes like for the Alzheimer's patients that have a tendency to wander off.
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#3 – 2:58 PM June 17, 2009
retarded