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Do GPS Sneakers Actually Exist? When GPS sneakers were first introduced back 2007 there was clearly a lot of public scoffing. Who needs GPS devices on their feet? What an impractical product--dumbest notion of the year! It's now 2011; shall we be ready on their behalf yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first came to Isaac Daniels in 2002 when he received a call that his child choose to go missing from school. Mr. Daniels was on the business trip and immediately hopped a plane back home to get that there have been a mix-up: His son had taken an unscheduled bathroom break and ended up separated from his class. Mr. Daniels was relieved, but it set his mind to thinking. What if his son had actually gone missing? Wasn't there something which could be completed to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was the GPS unit on the underside in the shoe could possibly be activated by depressing a button. This unit were built with a battery life around 24 hours and would continually signal before button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this could be perfect for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the first 2 in case they were lost while seeking and the latter for extreme cases like abduction. The first GPS sneakers were marketed through the Fele Corporation in 2007 and retailed for $325. They were the sneakers that got trashed in the press. Only a few hiking and travel websites took them seriously. Although the idea was sound, there is little marketplace for a shoe that needed a $19.95 30 days subscription-monitoring service, and an initial run only agreed to be for a few hundred (though it was reported that retail stores were preordering them from the tens of thousands). Fele ceased operation in 2008. Undaunted with the failure of his first company, Isaac Daniel continued his dream of GPS shoes. His second endeavor, IsaacDaniel.com , marketed a fresh GPS sneaker line ' the Blue shoe. The Blue shoe was designed with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe to some GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 with the optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee just like the initial GPS sneaker. As with the writing informed, the IsaacDaniel website has disappeared and so are these comfortable shoes. They are not offered at any online or brick-and-mortar retailer. The GTX corporation is apparently the only current viable source for GPS shoes. They have an alternative story of how the corporation came up with the theory for GPS tracking in shoes that highlights the Elizabeth Smart case. GTX is hoping to have a marketable product for sale from Aetrex.com through the end of Spring 2011 (since March 2011 there's no mention on the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300. GTX also announced how the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) will likely be available for $200 at Foot.com, GPSShoe.com, possibly at select assisted living facilities, starting in September. The tracking service will set you back $40 to $50 a month. The tracking service will work with Google maps to observe residents wearing these shoes. If they travel away from a predefined area an alert will be sent to the care facility with the exact location in the individual. GTX in addition has expressed curiosity about working with major shoe brands, even though they haven't named names, and entering into the children's shoe market. Isaac Daniel Group Inc., press release, 6/13/09, retrieved at GPSFAQ.com. Compass Line of GPS-Enabled Footwear a "Shoe-in" retrieved at Science.Slashdot.org. GPS Shoes for Alzheimer's Patients, retrieved at GPSShoe.com. FAQ, retrieved at All Images Courtesy of GTX.com |