U.S. , - Wearable gadgets are no longer limited to the smartwatch and smartband alone . A pair of researchers at the MIT Media Lab announced the discovery of a smartshoes . Smart footwear is also claimed to help users reach their destination with the help of GPS .
Smartshoes named Le Chal or meaning ' Let's go ' is required to connect to a smartphone in its use . This is because Le Chal need ' guidance ' of applications that connect to the GPS on a smartphone .
So when Le Chal and smartphones have been connected to each other , armed with a default application users simply specify the objectives to be achieved . Furthermore, at the foot of Le Chal users will inform the direction or turn to be skipped by giving a small vibration . Shoes left to turn left and right to turn right shoe .
When approaching the destination , the intensity would be more frequent in the second part of the shoe . Anirudh Sharma and Lawrence Krispian small vibration call released Le Chal will not give any side effects on its users .
As quoted from Gizmodo , Thursday ( 06/03/2014 ) , although it is not really geared for people with disabilities such as visual impairment , tenants give discounts for the disabled . When ordinary users are required to spend at $ 100 , then the disabled can sign him with the tag of USD 40 to USD 50 .
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