GPS Shoes Make Tracking Kids, Elderly Easier

Fox News | Feb 9, 2007 

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Isaac Daniel shows sneakers he designed with a tiny Global Positioning System embedded in the shoe.

“We call it a second eye watching over you,” Daniel said.

 Isaac Daniel calls the tiny Global Positioning System chip he’s embedded into a line of sneakers “peace of mind.” He wishes his 8-year-old son had been wearing them when he got a call from his school in 2002 saying the boy was missing. The worried father hopped a flight to Atlanta from New York where he had been on business to find the incident had been a miscommunication and his son was safe.

Days later, the engineer started working on a prototype of Quantum Satellite Technology, a line of $325 to $350 adult sneakers that hit shelves next month. It promises to locate the wearer anywhere in the world with the press of a button. A children’s line will be out this summer.

“We call it a second eye watching over you,” Daniel said.

It’s the latest implementation of satellite-based navigation into everyday life — technology that can be found in everything from cell phones that help keep kids away from sexual predators to fitness watches that track heart rate and distance. Shoes aren’t as easy to lose, unlike phones, watches and bracelets.

One response to “GPS Shoes Make Tracking Kids, Elderly Easier

  1. dapo ogunjobi

    hello,
    please i will like to enquire on the gps sneekers for kids , the usage and the effeciency here in Africa . please kindly let me have full detail information on the device including the price to Nigeria

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