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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yet again, Engadget needs a basic engineering lesson.   The shoes don't put out a "GPS signal".  GPS is merely a system of triangulation.  So, the shoes can find their location via GPS, but in order to transmit the information to someone, like a parent, the shoes need to be equipped with a cellular radio, perhaps GPRS, in which case, triangulation with cell towers could be more useful (see E911).  Regardless, having to recharge your shoes every day could get annoying.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmonkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[dude, shouldnt bash the post for one poor phrase at the end (also see your comment).  why would these shoes need to be recharged daily?  they are designed as an emergency alarm, and shouldnt require any power until the (rare) occasion the alarm is activated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vrb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 10:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey, while in general you are right: GPS devices know exactly where they are, but that doesn't necessarily mean anyone else know where they are (Hollywood notwithstanding!).  But in this case you should RTFA.  These things actually do send the location of the shoes (as determined by the GPS) when the user hits the "panic button".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Unbelievable]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 1:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[All I want is a phone in my shoe. These guys missed it by *that* much.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BrandonLehman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 7:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[1.) STRIP THEM NAKED AND BURN/MISPLACE CLOTHING<br>2.) Metal Detector Wand + Cavity Search<br>3.) Put subject in tinfoil/faraday mesh lined room.<br>4.) ????<br>5.) PROFIT.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[YourTechSupport]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Brandon:<br>I don't think many people will get your reference. I wouldn't have if I was still in my cone of silence.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would be surprised if many people *didn't* get the reference. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deluxe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 9:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This thing won't fly...literally.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaztm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now i'd have expected a double-click of the heels together (Dorothy style) to activate the alarm .. boy have these designers got no imagination! ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheBoffin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Ian, i think most people got his "Get Smart" Reference, <br>@YourTechSupport, if that is... Nice Southpark reference, <br>THE GNOMES AHHH!!!<br><br>but seriously this is a good step (pardon the pun) in the right direction in keeping kids safe, all thats needed is a lower price tag]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great deduction 99... ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krusher_00]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 8:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, that's interesting. How much does this thing cost?<br><br>Joseph,<br>www.mutabletech.com]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 10:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't you want to be sure your emergency device had power?  It wouldn't be that great of an emergency device if the batteries were dead when you needed to hit the panic button, now would it?<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[b00da]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 9:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[could you imagine what the checkpoint in the airport would think of this, having gadgetry stuffed inside your shoe? They already make you take them off and run them through the scanner. It would properly throw off a false bomb scare, with the wires, box, and panic sensor. If these things are going to market, someone better tell them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 11:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This would be great for people with alzheimer or some type of mental incapacity]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rodrigo1508]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 11:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This would be great for people with alzheimer or some type of mental incapacity<br><br>If they can remember how/if to use it... :(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[itlnstln]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 11:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't be caught found dead in those things!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 11:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[What? Too soon? <br>PS your strikethrough tags don't work.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2007 11:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[It would be cool to have the GPS + RFID chip from Fujitsu, which could enable indoor-outdoor tracking.<br>More here: <a href="http://indoorlbs.com/id178.html" rel="nofollow">http://indoorlbs.com/id178.html</a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IndoorLBS.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 12:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Also included is the feature to have the panic button placed in the heel of the shoe:<br><br>*click heels*<br>There's no place like home....which is at 30N and 70 W<br><br>Woohoo!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[shirizaki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 9:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmmmmm....<br><br>I did a quick search and found the following patent document:<br>US 6788200 to Jamel, Mitchell W; Bertagna, Patrick E; Davis, Jr., Ralph H<br>Filed 10-21-2002, issued 9-7-2004.<br><br>Patent application is directed to GPS units in footwear. <br><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 10th 2007 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh cool, yet another reason to get strip searched at the airport...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TIMMAH!]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 3rd 2007 11:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ummm, this is not a new invention. This company already produces and sells them. <a href="http://www.feleonline.com/men_walking_athblk.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.feleonline.com/men_walking_athblk.php</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[corey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 4th 2007 8:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This would be great to put on our congressman and Senators to make sure they showed up to vote on issues.  Also, we can track the president and others in the Executive branch.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Portman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2007 10:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This would be great to put on our Congressman and Senators to make sure they showed up to vote on issues.  Also, we could put them on the president and other in the executive branch to track them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Portman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2007 10:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Inventor crafts GPS-equipped shoes, includes a panic button]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/02/inventor-crafts-gps-equipped-shoes-includes-a-panic-button/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is a wonderful idea for those families with Alzheimer members. The chance that the patient is ON the plane would probably be a rarety.  I thought of both my grandfathers when I heard about this invention/idea. I think this is going to fly!<br><br>L]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leigh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 26th 2007 11:55PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
