HCI Project 2007

HCI 2 is a module at the Computer Science school at the University of Birmingham. The HCI Project 2007 blog is the place where the team will discuss ideas and processes involved in developing a 'useful piece of technology' for our target audience - children <= 11 years old.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Case: GPS Shoes

I have recently discovered an article about utilizing the global positioning system (GPS) for tracking children using a GPS device hidden in the children's shoes. This special pair of shoes has a distress button built in near the shoes laces, which would indicate when a child is in need of attention. This device would allow a parent or guardian to know exactly where their child is anytime during the day.

The shoes are available in March and are called "Quantum Satellite Technology" from the company Isaac Daniel with a price around $325-350.

This article shows that there is GPS technology in the world, which is small enough to fit into pretty much any device for the purpose of tracking. This could be utilized within our project.

The article on the GPS shoes can be found here

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