Google Unveils Talking Shoes
Tuesday, March 12, 2013Omoba
The latest gizmo to come from the Google workshop
is designed to keep you connected – even if you’re running away. The tech giant
has outfitted a pair of unassuming ADIDAS shoes with a computer a speaker. While making movements, the shoe can actually talk to the person wearing
them.
The shoe is equipped with an accelerometer, a
gyroscope, a pressure sensor, and Bluetooth so that it will provide you with
feedback and motivation based on your move throughout the day. Google said it
does not intent to make it a consumer product.
The idea behind the project is that the shoe would
function like a lot other fitness-friendly devices out there in the market to
motivate users to get moving and track their progress with the help of
technology. "We developed a shoe that could talk and tell you things -that
could pick up enough information about your exercise, whether you're walking,
running, moving fast or slow," Leif Percifield, the developer of the
device was quoted as saying to Fast Company.
Check out the shoes in action:
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