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Smartshoe the latest in wearable technology
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There's Google Glass for your eyes, smartwatches for your wrist and soon you will be able to strap a Bluetooth-enabled shoe to your foot.
Ducere Technologies, an Indian start-up company, has created the latest in wearable technology and will start selling its Lechal shoes for around $150 a pair in September.
The shoes connect to a special smartphone app that pulls information from Google Maps and indicates which direction you should be walking with the simple help of vibrations.
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Based on the destination or route you plug into your phone, the left shoe will vibrate if you should be turning left, while the same goes for the opposite direction.
The technology comes in the form of a full shoe or just insoles that you can insert into your own footwear.
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The device also provides fitness data, by calculating information such as how many calories you have burnt and how many steps you have taken.
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The haptic footwear is the brainchild of two Indian friends who both graduated from universities in the United States.
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While Krispian Lawrence and Anirudh Sharma originally designed the shoe to be worn by anyone, it’s now hoped it could be used as an assistive device for visually-challenged people.
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A renowned eye institute in Hyderabad is now working alongside Ducere Technologies working on the world's first study looking at footwear as a visual aid.
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While most aids rely on providing audio feedback and are dependent on a person’s sense of hearing, the novel idea of using vibrations to aid navigation could prove to be highly successful.
