Engineer Isaac Daniel has created a piece of technology that inspires a “why the hell didn’t I think of that” slap to the head, GPS embedded shoes.  The idea came from an incident involving his son where the boy had gone missing.

The product, which will hit stores next month is designed to work in tandem with a 24-hour monitoring service which people can call to track whoever is wearing the shoe.  Unfortunately at this stage of the game it’s for emergencies only, (I wonder if spying on my girlfriend on Friday nights would be considered an “emergency”).  

Currently the sneakers are available in six different designs and resemble running shoes.  They also have an “on/off” switch to activate or deactivate the GPS functionality.  This functionality can be turned on or off automatically via the monitoring station just in case the user is unable to do so.

Sounds like a pretty neat idea.  Now if they only put them in a pair of Timms…

[Via Wired]

1. Dale North says:
   February 9th, 2007 at 6:12 am

   if these things could track precisely enough to keep you from stepping in dog shit….then I’m sold