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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 idea of the year! It's now 2011; shall we be held ready on their behalf yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first stumbled on Isaac Daniels in 2002 when he received an appointment that his child had gone missing from soccer practice. Mr. Daniels was over a business trip and immediately hopped a jet back home to locate that there was 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 a thing that could be completed to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was that the GPS unit about the underside of the shoe could possibly be activated by depressing some control. This unit were built with a battery life of around 24 hours and would continually signal before button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this may be perfect for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the first two in case they 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 press. Only a few hiking and travel websites took them seriously. Although the thought was sound, there is little marketplace for a shoe that needed a $19.95 30 days subscription-monitoring service, plus an initial run was only for a few hundred (although it was reported that shops were preordering them with the tens of thousands). Fele ceased operation in 2008. Undaunted from the failure of his first company, Isaac Daniel continued his desire GPS shoes. His second endeavor, IsaacDaniel.com , marketed a new GPS sneaker line ' the Blue shoe. The Blue shoe was equipped with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe to a GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 with an optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee similar to the initial GPS sneaker. As with the writing want to know ,, the IsaacDaniel website is finished and so are the sneakers. They are not sold 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 company came up with the concept for GPS tracking in shoes that highlights the Elizabeth Smart case. GTX is expecting to have a marketable product available for sale from Aetrex.com from the end of Spring 2011 (at the time of March 2011 there is no mention about the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300. GTX also announced how the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) is going to be available for $200 at Foot.com, GPSShoe.com, possibly at select assisted living facilities, starting in September. The tracking service will surely cost $40 to $50 a month. The tracking service will continue to work with Google maps to watch residents wearing the sneakers. If they travel outside a predefined area an alert will likely be sent to the care facility while using exact location of the individual. GTX in addition has expressed desire for working with major shoe brands, although they haven't named names, and stepping into the children's shoe market. Isaac Daniel Group Inc., website article, 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 |

