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GPS Shoes

Dominic Wilcox - GPS Shoes

Dominic Wilcox has created a fully functional prototype pair of shoes that will guide you home no matter where you are in the world.
A little piece of software was created to plot your preferred destination on a map. This is then uploaded via USB to the shoe. The GPS is powered by a battery similar to those found in mobile phones. The data from the GPS in the left shoe wirelessly communicates with the right shoe which shows the progress made on a row of lights.

(via Nairn)

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Animal Footprint Shoes by Maskull Lasserre

Outliers is an ongoing project by artist Maskull Lasserre  where shoes are outfitted with specially carved rubber soles meant to mimic the footprints of moose, Kodiak bears, deer, rabbits and other animals. The shoes are then worn in the snow leaving the impression to unsuspecting passersby that wildlife has wandered into urban areas including Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, and New York. See much more on his website. (via thisiscolossal.com)