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Do GPS Sneakers Actually Exist? When GPS sneakers were first introduced last 2007 there is 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; are we ready for them yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first located Isaac Daniels last 2002 when he received an appointment that his child had gone missing at school. Mr. Daniels was with a business trip and immediately hopped an airplane back home to find that there had been a mix-up: His son had taken an unscheduled bathroom break and was 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 a thing that could be implemented to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was how the GPS unit on the underside with the shoe could be activated by depressing a button. This unit had a battery life around 24 hours and would continually signal before the button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this could be perfect for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the first couple of in case these were lost while exploring 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 idea was sound, there was little marketplace for a shoe that needed a $19.95 30 days subscription-monitoring service, with an initial run was just for a few hundred (eventhough it was reported that shops 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 imagine 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 a GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 by having an optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee just like the initial GPS sneaker. As with the writing want to know ,, the IsaacDaniel website has disappeared and so are the sneakers. They are not offered by any online or brick-and-mortar retailer. The GTX corporation is apparently 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 is no mention for the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300. GTX also announced that the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) will likely be available for $200 at Foot.com, GPSShoe.com, and at select assisted living facilities, starting in September. The tracking service will surely cost $40 to $50 each month. The tracking service work with Google maps to watch residents wearing these comfortable shoes. If they travel outside of a predefined area an alert is going to be sent to the care facility using the exact location with the individual. GTX has additionally expressed interest in working with major shoe brands, but they haven't named names, and stepping 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 |