GPS-enabled shoelaces. Yay or Nay? - Yanko Design

January 31, 2022 Post a Comment

Any privacy-intruding piece of technology can be pretty controversial because it can be used for expert equally well as bad (take the entire Facebook clusterf*** equally the biggest example). The pLaces (clever name alarm) are shoe-laces with a GPS tracker embedded in them. Bated from helping you find your shoes if yous're the kind to lose them, the laces were created to assistance yous get away from the addictive world of engineering… but not wander to a point of no-return.

The pLaces come with a kevlar and carbon-fiber construction. Designed to be absolutely unbreakable, the shoelaces are the perfect partner on 1 of those crazy off-the-grid treks or trails. The GPS chip inside pairs with your telephone and connects to the pLaces application, allowing you to rail or bookmark your travels or share your road/location with others. The GPS-enabled laces can accuse wirelessly via the pLaces clip charger, and works with whatsoever shoe. Information technology as well comes with a 4-week battery life.

The fact that you, the wearer, send your location to others makes it less of a privacy-breach-nightmare. With the ability to rail the laces across 166 countries (practically the unabridged earth), the pLaces tin can exist a literal life-saver, allowing people to reach yous if something untoward were to happen. Now if only they had an SOS function likewise…

Designer: Honza, Oxana, Goran Kruhonja & Salman Abdulnabi.