Shoes to take you home: Lechal to achieve "foot navigation"

This pair of shoes will take you where you want to go.

Foot massage You know me, but I guess you never heard of foot navigation. Just imagine if the shoes on your feet tell you where to go, maybe the real scene of the hand-holding map and mobile phone should be replaced.

The technology, known as Lechal, uses Bluetooth to connect shoes to smartphones, and the mobile phone plans and calculates the route of the walk, and the two shoes vibrate to remind them when they need to change direction. Shoes with this technique can also calculate the number of steps to walk daily and the calories consumed. Even when you forget to bring your cell phone, it also makes a sound reminder.

Lechal's developers say: "Such shoes are easy to use, just like someone patting their shoulders behind to remind you." If someone pats you on the left shoulder, you will be sure to turn left at once. This technology is to take advantage of this instinctive psychology of people. ”

Lechal will enter the consumer market this June, you can buy a pair of shoes with this function, and you can buy the device and embed it in any shoe. These two different ways of experiencing only require 100 of dollars.

There are also people who disagree with the foot navigation technology. British explorer Ranulph Fiennes and TV host Hannah White All say such inventions are pulling far from the distance between people and technology and are completely clear of the boundaries of traditional maps.

If only from the aspect of monitoring health data, Lechal is more accurate than just using mobile phones to monitor the number of steps and calorie data. Although the cost may be slightly higher, there is no second home for the experience of vibration reminders to change direction. In addition, the appearance of this pair of shoes is not very acceptable.