2012年10月18日 星期四

Follow the Yellow Brick Road in GPS Technology Shoes

Dominic Wilcox,Any of our niketn can be customized with your school a self-professed artist and designer based in London, was commissioned by the Global Footprint project to design a pair of shoes. His creation,Titanium druzy swisswatches with pink, inspired by the classic film “The Wizard of Oz,” is a unique pair of shoes that uses GPS technology to help navigate the wearer.

The heel of the left shoe is hollowed out and a GPS unit is inserted, which is powered by a small battery somewhat like a battery in a cell phone. In order to input a destination, a computer program is used. The destination is plotted on a map and then uploaded to the shoes with the use of a USB cable. The left shoe has a circle of LED-lights, which indicate to the wearer the direction in which to walk. The back of the left shoe also has a red tab, which juts out and serves as the antennae.

The right shoe indicates progress.A tagheuerreplicafederal appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction of Karen Sypher, A line of LED-lights changes in color from red to green as one moves closer to the intended location. The shoes communicate and work with wireless technology. In order to activate the GPS, the wearer must click the heels together three times. As homage to Dorothy and “The Wizard of Oz,” the shoes are named “No Place Like Home.”

The prototype leather shoes were handmade by Stamp Shoes, and Becky Stewart developed the technology. The shoes, which were on display at the London Design Festival, are more of a concept, as they are not yet mass-produced. In fact, Wilcox claims they are a “work in progress,” and they are not yet available for purchase.

Students seem to view the shoes as more of a novelty. Freshman psychology major Rachel Beidler said, “The idea is cool, but a little impractical.” She might consider buying the shoes if they actually carried the wearer to the destination.

Lauren Reese, a freshman on a pre-med academic track, agreed with Beidler. “The shoes are completely unnecessary,” because cell phone map technology can serve the same purpose.

Freshman marketing major Fabiola Miró also agreed with the impracticality, bringing up the idea that individuals are not always careful with shoes and they “could easily get ruined.”

Matt Lilley,We provide top quality cheapwatchesand IWC Replica Watches. a freshman sports management major said, “I’d be more likely to wear them if they actually looked like Dorothy’s red slippers.” Even though the technology may seem impractical on a large scale, the shoes are undeniably a work of art.

While shoes currently exist that use GPS technology to track the wearer, these shoes are revolutionary because they provide directions.

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