Integrated GPS Shoes by GTXC Though originally made to track patients and kids, we're sure the shoes will be integrated soon with the Nike + Ipod so you can track your run in your personal Google mashup. Or hide it in your wife's purse to see whether she's banging San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom. Or something like that. The system from GTXC has a sophisticated GPS integrated into the shoe, which communicates directly with a satellite, which then relays locations in real-time to their monitoring center and made available via internet or phone. Predetermined geographic areas can also be defined and alerts sent when the person being tracked leaves or enters the area. And don't worry, they already have a product for outdoor activities called the Wearable
Caddy. New Smart GPS Shoes
Manisha Kanetkar - Thursday, 1 February 2007
Keeping track of your loved ones has never been so easy (or so spy-like) with the new Xplorer smart GPS shoes designed by GTXC.
The company boasts the shoes incorporate the smallest, most powerful and robust GPS tracking device currently available. GTXC says they are ideal for caretakers of children or the elderly to easily monitor the location of their charges.
So, for example, they can preset perimeters of safe zones or unsafe zones, and then receive mobile phone alerts if a perimeter is breached by the wearer. This is handled by what the company calls
its ‘set-it-and-forget-it' Dual GeoFencing feature. Shoes with GPS locator Coolest Gadgets
Jan 29, 2007 - GTX Corporation will be unveiling its new line of Xplorer Smart GPS footwear at the beginning of next month in Las Vegas. The Xplorer aims to usher in the next generation of GPS smart shoes by incorporating smaller and yet more powerful GPS chipsets inside the shoe
itself to provide a more accurate reading... GTX Corporation unveils GPS-equipped Xplorer shoes Engadget
Jan 26, 2007 - It seems like Sayo Isaac Daniel has some serious competition coming at him in the GPS shoe market, as GTX Corporation is unveiling its latest geo-tracking footwear at next week's World Shoe Association trade show. The questionably styled Xplorer kicks pack an internal GPS
transceiver,... GPS Shoes keep track of kids
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