GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals
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GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals
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Re: GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals
#2Sometimes I lament about the lack of creativity shown here (yet another twitter/facebook/ad based company, etc) and say to myself that we, the human race, can and should do much better.
But this is great- a perfect union of technology and fashion to build something that's not just cool, but ubercool, highly desirable, with many applications (say alzeihmer patients?)
When was the last time you got yourself lost in a city and wanted to walk back to where you came from? Sure you can bring out your cellphone or GPS and spend some time typing an address, or use chance and your memory, but what if you could just click your shoes together and they brought you back there?
Wow. It's awesome. I don't know what to say, besides "shut up and take my money" :-)
There is only one drawback for me : you have to input the original gps coordinates with a USB cable. Not good. Something else, like storing coordinates on a cue (jumping twice?) or automatically storing coordinates to take you back to each of your previous stops on your road (say where you spend over 1 minute) would be better.
But even without that feature, and with the ugly red inside that'll certainly turn my socks pink, I'd still buy a pair if I can upload the GPS coordinates by bluetooth :-)
EDIT to add a big thank you to the original author. You made my day.
Re: GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals
#3This could be great for people with Alzheimers, or kids.
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#4This is way cool, but wouldn't the problem be direction and not accounting for obstacles? Wouldn't this point you "as the crow flies", so to speak, not accounting for terrain/surroundings?
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#5I love this, such a creative creation - although I'm not much sure I'd wear it, fashionably speaking, but it's a great idea. Setting coordinates via USB isn't the best, it'd be awesome if I could use my smart phone to connect to the shoes and set the GPS coordinates.
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#6Sometimes I lament about the lack of creativity shown here (yet another twitter/facebook/ad based company, etc) and say to myself that we, the human race, can and should do much better. But this is great- a perfect union of technology and fashion to build something that's not just cool, but ubercool, highly desirable, with many applications (say alzeihmer patients?) When was the last time you got yourself lost in a c…
"Sure you can bring out your cellphone or GPS and spend some time typing an address"
I tried that in the Medina of Marrakech - really didn't help much. We had to resort to the tried and tested approach of asking some of the local youths (who clearly are used to doing this) to guide us back to our hotel for a fairly small fee.
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#7I see a large college kid market for this. After the bars.
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#8This is more art, as it is only borderline practical at best.
A shoe with a traditional magnetic compass might be more practical from a usability standpoint.
This makes me miss the trend of wristwatches with compasses embedded in the bands.
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#9I love this, such a creative creation - although I'm not much sure I'd wear it, fashionably speaking, but it's a great idea. Setting coordinates via USB isn't the best, it'd be awesome if I could use my smart phone to connect to the shoes and set the GPS coordinates.
a great idea? I guess you mean as art/concept, right? as a product... I can't think of anyone buying it except as a wacky gift, ironic footwear, collecting...
I mean, the "User Experience" of the interface to programming a shoe to highlight directions will be bad, USB won't do, if you could use your smartphone + wifi/bluetooth...why not just look a map in the phone? specially since you'd need to walk looking at your shoes to know where to go...
a practical use: adventure sports, hiking, trekking and the like(they already have to prepare for the thing, configuring the shoes would just be another thing, and it would help their safety)... alzheimer ehhhhhhh, I think not. Alzheimer sufferers probably need more care than just knowing where's their homes, and public health probably wouldn't like the idea of lost alzheimer pacients walking somewhere they don't know where it is guided by shoes and distracted from road/cars/etc
Re: GPS equipped shoes that will lead you home with LED signals
#10I love this, such a creative creation - although I'm not much sure I'd wear it, fashionably speaking, but it's a great idea. Setting coordinates via USB isn't the best, it'd be awesome if I could use my smart phone to connect to the shoes and set the GPS coordinates.
a great idea? I guess you mean as art/concept, right? as a product... I can't think of anyone buying it except as a wacky gift, ironic footwear, collecting... I mean, the "User Experience" of the interface to programming a shoe to highlight directions will be bad, USB won't do, if you could use your smartphone + wifi/bluetooth...why not just look a map in the phone? specially since you'd need to walk looking at your…
Not great as a product no, but in concept yes. I personally haven't seen anything like this, and I just think a much better job could be done. I agree you could just use your phone if you were able to update GPS coordinates via your phone, but then you have to keep out your phone to know which way to go instead of just looking down at your feet. Off topic, I think something like Google Goggles GPS would be far more interesting.