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Do GPS Sneakers Actually Exist? When GPS sneakers were first introduced last 2007 there was a lot of public scoffing. Who needs GPS devices on the feet? What an impractical product--dumbest notion of the year! It's now 2011; shall we be held ready for the kids yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first came to Isaac Daniels last 2002 when he received a trip that his child went missing from soccer practice. Mr. Daniels was over a business trip and immediately hopped a jet back home to get that there have been a mix-up: His son had taken an unscheduled bathroom break and had been separated from his class. Mr. Daniels was relieved, however it set his mind to thinking. What if his son had actually gone missing? Wasn't there something could be implemented to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was the GPS unit about the underside of the shoe may be activated by depressing control button. This unit stood a battery life of about 24 hours and would continually signal prior to the button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this would be perfect for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the first 2 in case we were holding lost while browsing and the latter for extreme cases like abduction. The first GPS sneakers were marketed from the Fele Corporation in 2007 and retailed for $325. They were the sneakers that got trashed inside the press. Only a few hiking and travel websites took them seriously. Although the thought was sound, there were little marketplace for a shoe that needed a $19.95 30 days subscription-monitoring service, as well as an initial run only agreed to be for a few hundred (although it was reported that stores were preordering them through the tens of thousands). Fele ceased operation in 2008. Undaunted by the failure of his first company, Isaac Daniel continued his desire GPS shoes. His second endeavor, IsaacDaniel.com , marketed a brand new GPS sneaker line ' the Blue shoe. The Blue shoe was built with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe to your GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 with the optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee similar to the initial GPS sneaker. As in the writing informed, the IsaacDaniel website is fully gone and so are the shoes. They are not available at any online or brick-and-mortar retailer. The GTX corporation appears to be the only current viable source for GPS shoes. They have a different story of how the business came up with the idea for GPS tracking in shoes that highlights the Elizabeth Smart case. GTX is expecting to have a marketable product available for purchase from Aetrex.com from the end of Spring 2011 (by March 2011 there's no mention around the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300. GTX also announced that this Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) will probably be available for $200 at Foot.com, GPSShoe.com, at select assisted living facilities, starting in September. The tracking service will surely cost $40 to $50 a month. The tracking service work with Google maps to observe residents wearing the shoes. If they travel outside a predefined area an alert will probably be sent to the care facility with all the exact location in the individual. GTX has expressed desire for working with major shoe brands, even though they haven't named names, and entering into the children's shoe market. Isaac Daniel Group Inc., news 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 |