As featured on CNN, a new type of shoe hits the streets this summer promising to keep you in the radar. Triggered by his son found missing at school in 2002 (the boy was found), footwear entrepreneur Isaac Daniel has created a Global Positioning chip embedded into a line of sneakers ranging from $325-$350.
The GPS is activated when pressing a non-descript button on the side of the shoe that sends a signal to a 24hr monitoring service at an additional $19.95 a month. There is a second button located on the shoe to press in an emergency i.e. lost child, a fall taken in a remote area, or when being chased or attacked by a predator. The battery life is approximately 3 days and will continue to send a signal until the battery dies. The fall version will allow the wearer to remove the GPS chip and put into a new pair of Daniel’s sneakers should the need arise, say for kids and young adults whose feet are still growing.
Definitely a worthy concept, however, I do wonder about the effectiveness of keeping your kids from going missing as shoes are easily removed and discarded. As a preventive measure for adult female runners, I think this shoe will be worth the initial investment given it can compete with name brands.
I just saw this on Martha Stewart too...she is doing a month of fitness from her Food' channel, I think. This is a great concept for lone women runners..very cool.
This is both scary and awesome. Did anyone read that story in Runners World last spring about the woman who took a fall while running out in the desert? She was stranded for I think 4 days without food and water until her dog led rescuers back to where she lay helpless. I swear that story haunted me for a week. Obviously, this is a good thing...but also a little bit wierd...big brother?
