#9: SMART SHOES
What if you could tell your phone your next destination and let your shoes lead the way? Indian start-up Ducere Technologies has developed Bluetooth-enabled shoe technology that uses Google maps to help wearers navigate.
Called Lechal shoes, the technology was originally designed to help visually impaired individuals achieve mobility.
Developers realized, however, that the shoes—named for the Hindi phrase, “take me along”—could also be useful for tourists in a new country, or joggers along their running paths.
The World Health Organization estimates that most of the world’s 280 million visually-impaired people live in developing countries such as India.
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