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India’s Answer to Google Glass: The Smartshoe

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Re: India’s Answer to Google Glass: The Smartshoe

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Shoes are a fantastic idea, and highly overlooked. The biggest hurdle to wearable technology is the friction required to convince a consumer to wear it. We all wear shoes. We don't all wear glasses or watches. Some of us even wear contacts to avoid wearing glasses. The Smartshoe doesn't seem as competitive to Google Glass as it is complimentary. Glasses have a better appeal for visual media capture because you can se…

Shoes are a fantastic idea if the hardware does not degrade its quality. Bad shoes can turn any waking into a nightmare. Much worse than becomming lost and needing to ask for directions.

The shoes connect to smartphone. Even if the shoes have some technical issue, one can still use the phone.

Re: India’s Answer to Google Glass: The Smartshoe

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Why is it titled India's answer to Google Glass? Possible explanations: 1. The editors know that Indians are susceptible to jingoistic patriotism. "Wow Indians did this? Really?" 2. The editors think that Indians as a collective are not a piece of the flat world and their accomplishments are more surprising than routine. 3. Now that China has pulled itself close to developed nations, India represents "The Third World…

I think it is condescending to associate a product with a country and not the company.
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