{"id":7881,"date":"2014-07-27T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2014-07-27T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:32:40","slug":"from-our-why-do-we-need-this-department-smart-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/from-our-why-do-we-need-this-department-smart-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"From Our “Why-Do-We-Need-This? Department”: Smart Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shoes That Tell You Where to Go<\/h1>\n
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Many of us have become so dependent on digital map tools \u2014 relying on specific, real-time instructions from Google or Siri to direct us, step by step, from point A to point B \u2014 that there is nostalgia for\u00a0physical maps<\/a>\u00a0floating around out there.<\/p>\n

But for those of you who believe there\u2019s not\u00a0enough\u00a0<\/em>technological wizardry guiding your every footfall: Good news! \u201cSmartshoes<\/a>” are reportedly on the way.<\/p>\n

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(Via\u00a0Lechal.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lechal<\/a>\u00a0(pronounced \u201clay-chal\u201d) shoes claim to be \u201cthe world\u2019s first interactive haptic footwear.\u201d Using a Bluetooth link to your Internet-connected smartphone, the shoes are designed to vibrate in ways that nudge you in the proper direction as you wander the world.<\/p>\n

For example, suppose you\u2019re planning a stroll to the nearest Chipotle restaurant. You would enter that destination into Google Maps and then wait for the physical feedback to arrive at your feet. If you\u2019re supposed to turn right, you would get a right-foot buzz.<\/p>\n

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(Via\u00a0Lechal.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

And if you depart from the correct path, you\u2019re zapped with 340 volts until you get back on course. (Just kidding! It doesn\u2019t do that at all. But since there already is a\u00a0fitness tracker<\/a>\u00a0that shocks you for failing to meet your goals, it could be a potential feature.)<\/p>\n

The smartshoes are aesthetically distinct in a way that strikes me as potentially appealing to people who want to let the world know they are wearing \u201csmart\u201d kicks \u2014 like Google Glass for feet. But Lechal also plans an insole option that will work with your footwear…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Via Yahoo.com — Read the rest of this article and they’ll tell you where to go…<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shoes That Tell You Where to Go Many of us have become so dependent on digital map tools \u2014 relying on specific, real-time instructions from Google or Siri to direct us, step by step, from point A to point B \u2014 that there is nostalgia for\u00a0physical maps\u00a0floating around out there. But for those of you who believe there\u2019s\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7884,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881\/revisions\/7884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}