May 6 2008"Verb For Shoe" Shoes Are Available, $700
The Verb for Shoe "smart shoe" has been in the works since 2004. It was developed by MIT spinoff company VectraSense and they're finally accepting preorders. What do you get for your $700?
An embedded computer that automatically adjusts the shoe to your feet, syncs with your PC, and communicates with the shoes of others to exchange contact information.
Wow, for all that functionality I was expecting to pay at least $1,000. Of course, if you don't have $700 you could just, oh I don't know, buy a pair of shoes that fits and write people's contact information on your hand. For that kind of Pillsbury dough I was expecting flubber soles, a couple burning lasers, and a money back guarantee that you can't lose a bar fight if you're wearing them. I guess what I'm getting at is this: I lost a bar fight last night. I was wearing sandals. And, contrary to popular belief, beating someone in the head with a flip-flop doesn't do shit.
Verb For Shoe "smart shoe" finally goes on sale for $700 [engadget]
Reader Comments
1. Ryan - May 6, 2008 12:12 PM
i think that its pretty cool. but not for that price!
2. pickle - May 6, 2008 12:40 PM
totally useless. the people who designed it should be fed to the people in some starving village immediately.
3. SmokingGirl - May 6, 2008 12:41 PM
Big Brother is watching us...
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4. Scott - May 6, 2008 12:49 PM
And they look good too.....
5. pirhan - May 6, 2008 1:30 PM
Geekologie, I can only hope that one day I will be this eloquent.
6. Kompleet - May 6, 2008 4:07 PM
"An embedded computer that automatically adjusts the shoe to your feet"
WOW ! Just like Marty Mc Fly's nikes in Back to the future 2, and we are not even in the year 2015 !
7. louis vuitton - September 28, 2009 9:06 AM
WOW ! Just like Marty Mc Fly's nikes in Back to the future 2, and we are not even in the year 2015 !