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India’s Answer to Google Glass: The Smartshoe
Posted on 7/26/14 at 10:37 am
Posted on 7/26/14 at 10:37 am
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While they can’t buy Google Glass in India yet, Indians will be the first in the world to get access to what could be the next big thing in wearable technology: the smart shoe.
Indian startup Ducere Technologies Pvt. is going to start selling its Bluetooth enabled Lechal shoes for more than $100 a pair in September. The shoes sync up with a smartphone app that uses Google maps and vibrate to tell users when and where to turn to reach their destination.
Just tell your phone where you want to go and then you can leave it in your pocket because the buzzing in your left or right shoe will lead the way.
Ducere was started by two Indian engineers who studied and worked in the U.S. in 2011 and has grown to 50 employees in the city of Secunderabad in the newly-formed southern Indian state of Telengana.
“The shoes are a natural extension of the human body,” said Krispian Lawrence, 30, co-founder and chief executive officer of the company. “You will leave your house without your watch or wristband, but you will never leave your house without your shoes.”
Lawrence used his experience as a former U.S. patent prosecutor to get 24 international and Indian patents connected to his company’s vibrating shoes.
Ducere had initially developed the shoes–with the name Lechal which in Hindi means “take me along”– to help the blind who rely on walking canes.
While the cane can help the visually impaired detect obstacles, it cannot tell them which way to face or when to turn. “That’s where we come in and fill the void,” Mr. Lawrence said.
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Posted on 7/26/14 at 2:23 pm to stendulkar
That's a great idea for the blind. If they could somehow inform you of objects in the way or of a drop off (stairs, cliff, balcony ledge, etc) then this could be huge for the blind people of the world.
Posted on 7/26/14 at 5:00 pm to stendulkar
If their target audience is Indians, it would probably be better if it was a smart sandal.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:31 pm to upgrayedd
This would be cool for blind people
Posted on 7/27/14 at 1:32 pm to stendulkar
shite, Apple will NEVER catch up now.
Posted on 7/27/14 at 3:19 pm to stendulkar
Their marketing department is gonna have a bad time.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:54 am to stendulkar
F all things India. Especially tech support from India.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:02 am to stendulkar
The only question here is can the shoe adjust it's trajectory mid flight? It needs an app so when they throw their shoe, and you know the will, they can make mid air adjustments via the app.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 12:56 pm to stendulkar
Meanwhile, in Japanese footwear...
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Hidden upskirt fetish shoe cameras banned as Japanese police crack down on peeping Toms
Posted on 7/28/14 at 1:20 pm to Bard
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Hidden upskirt fetish shoe cameras banned as Japanese police crack down on peeping Toms
Don't they know that for every pair sold, they donate a pair of peeping Toms to a perv in need?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 1:34 pm to kingbob
When I started reading the OP I thought it was going the "upskirt" route. After realizing it wasn't, I thought "I bet the Japanese are working on this", googled it and I wasn't far off.
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