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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; shall we be held ready for the children yet? The idea for GPS sneakers first came to Isaac Daniels last 2002 when he received an appointment that his child went missing at school. Mr. Daniels was over a business trip and immediately hopped a plane back home to discover that there ended up a mix-up: His son had taken an unscheduled bathroom break and have been separated from his class. Mr. Daniels was relieved, nonetheless it set his mind to thinking. What if his son had actually gone missing? Wasn't there something which could be done to help locate him? The answer ' GPS sneakers. The idea was the GPS unit about the underside with the shoe might be activated by depressing control button. This unit a battery life of approximately 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 these folks were lost while browsing and the latter for extreme cases like abduction. The first GPS sneakers were marketed with 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 theory was sound, there were little market for a shoe that needed a $19.95 monthly subscription-monitoring service, plus an initial run only agreed to be for a few hundred (though it was reported that retail outlets were preordering them with 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 built with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe to your GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 by having an optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee exactly like the initial GPS sneaker. As of the writing of this article, the IsaacDaniel website is finished and so are the sneakers. They are not available at 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 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 by 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 the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) will probably 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 work with Google maps to watch residents wearing these shoes. If they travel beyond a predefined area an alert will probably be sent to the care facility with the exact location of the individual. GTX has also 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 |