These were the sneakers that got trashed in the press

When GPS sneakers were first introduced in 2007 there is a lot of public scoffing. Who needs GPS devices on their feet? What an impractical product--dumbest idea of the entire year! It's now 2011; are we ready for them yet?
The concept for GPS sneakers first came to Isaac Daniels in 2002 when he received a phone call that his child had gone missing from school. Mr. Daniels was on the business trip and immediately hopped a plane back home to find there had been a mix-up: His son had an unscheduled bathroom break and had been separated from his class.
 
Mr. Daniels was relieved, but it set his mind to thinking. What if his son had actually gone missing? Wasn't there something that could be done to help locate him? The solution ' GPS sneakers.
The idea was that the GPS unit on the underside from the shoe magista obra could be activated by depressing a button. This unit were built with a battery life of approximately Twenty four hours and would continually signal until the button was depressed a second time. Mr. Daniels suggested this would be ideal for hikers, outdoorsmen and children--the first two in case they were lost while exploring and the latter for extreme cases like abduction.
The first GPS sneakers were marketed by the Fele Corporation in 2007 and retailed for $325. These were the sneakers that got trashed in the press. Just a few hiking and travel websites took them seriously. Even though the idea was sound, there was little marketplace for footwear that needed a $19.95 per month subscription-monitoring service, as well as an initial run was just for a few hundred (even though it was reported that stores were preordering them by the tens of thousands). Fele ceased operation in 2008.
Undaunted by the failure of his first company, Isaac Daniel continued his dream of GPS shoes. His second endeavor marketed a brand new GPS sneaker line ' the Blue shoe. Nowhere shoe was equipped with Bluetooth technology that connected the shoe to some GPS-enabled phone or PDA. The shoe retailed at $150 by having an optional $19.95 subscription-monitoring fee like the initial GPS sneaker. By the writing want to know ,, the IsaacDaniel web site is gone and they are the shoes. They aren't available at any online or brick-and-mortar retailer.
The GTX corporation appears to be the only current viable source for GPS shoes. They have another story of how the organization developed the idea for GPS tracking in shoes crampon hypervenom that highlights the Elizabeth Smart case. GTX is expecting to possess a marketable product available for purchase after Spring 2011 (by March 2011 there is no mention on the Aetrex site). The estimated retail is between $200 and $300.
GTX also announced that the Ambulatory shoe (for dementia patients) is going to be available for $200 at Shoes Store, and at select assisted living facilities, starting in September. The tracking service will cost $40 to $50 monthly. The tracking service will work with Google maps to monitor residents wearing the shoes. When they travel outside of a predefined area a reminder is going to be sent to the care facility with the exact place of the baby.
GTX has also expressed curiosity about dealing with major shoe brands, although they haven't named names, and getting into the children's shoe market.