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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 the feet? What an impractical product--dumbest concept of the year! It's now 2011; shall we be held ready for the children yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first located Isaac Daniels in 2002 when he received a trip that his child had gone missing from school. Mr. Daniels was over a business trip and immediately hopped a plane back home to discover that there was a mix-up: His son had taken an unscheduled bathroom break and have 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 that could be done to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was the GPS unit on the underside in the shoe could be activated by depressing some control. This unit were built with a battery life of about 24 hours and would continually signal before the button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this may be perfect for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the initial two in case we were holding 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 concept was sound, there were little marketplace for a shoe that needed a $19.95 a month subscription-monitoring service, with an initial run was only for a few hundred (eventhough it was reported that retail outlets 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 about GPS shoes. His second endeavor, IsaacDaniel.com , marketed a brand new GPS sneaker line ' the Blue shoe. The Blue shoe was furnished with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe with a GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 having an optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee similar to the initial GPS sneaker. As in the writing want to know ,, the IsaacDaniel website is gone and so are the sneakers. 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 an alternative story of how the corporation 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 purchase from Aetrex.com from the end of Spring 2011 (by March 2011 there's no mention on the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300. GTX also announced that the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) is going to 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 monthly. The tracking service will continue to work with Google maps to evaluate 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 from the individual. GTX in addition has expressed interest in working with major shoe brands, but they haven't named names, and getting 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 |