We thought we had seen a lot of things in technology, but this is really something new and unusual even for us, and honestly speaking we did not think that it could ever be possible to imagine something like this.
Created by Isaac Daniel, a designer who has always been on the cutting edge as far as high-technology clothes and accessories are concerned, the Blue GPS Shoe, at a first glance, looks just like your average sport shoe, with a modern and a bit eccentric design, but nothing more than this.
What makes this shoe unique, though, is well hidden at the bottom, inside its sole. In fact, it is in the plantar area that lies the very heart of Blue GPS, that is, a connection module which on the inside contains a tiny GPS antenna, a modem, a GSM antenna and a wireless communication system.
The whole thing is powered by a lithium battery, which is conveniently located in the same place, And on the body of the shoe, you have a USB connection plug, that you can use to connect your shoe to your computer. The usage of a GPS shoe does not seem to be the common man’s cup of tea, something they can use for their Saturday or Sunday morning jogging, although the price is very affordable (around 150 dollars).
It is rather a very useful tool for the adventurous traveler or the lone sailor, who can use the shoe as an antenna to connect to their laptop and go online anywhere, detecting their position and sending it to their base camp. Another possible usage might be, for the same reason, in the field of covert espionage and surveillance operations, where communication with operations center is vital.
For the rest of us, it could be a useful present for your kids, in order to track them down at any time…


October 17th, 2009
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