I heard about these gym shoes with GPS chips in them from a TV program criticizing how us parents can be too paranoid these days about our kids.
But I think the GPS gym shoes – designed by Isaac Daniel after a scary incident with his son, whom he thought was missing — are a great idea!
Isaac Daniel’s web site lists GPS gym shoes for women and men for sale.
A Los Angeles Business Journal article titled “Track shoes: potential workplace uses of GPS systems raise privacy concerns.(Global Trek Xploration Corp.’s sneakers equiped with global positioning system)” question the privacy issues that will inevitably come along with GPS gear.
Gizmodo has another write-up called “GPS Shoes Let Mommy Know Where You Are…”
I just reserved a pair of kids’ GPS gym shoes on Isaac Daniel’s site, and can’t find any on Amazon yet, but search away in 2008 for your own pair:
