No Place Like Home – A pair of shoes that will always guide you home:
Created by Dominic Wilcox, No Place Like Home are a pair of shoes which contains an Arduino, GPS and compass modules that will guide you to any location you want no matter where you are in the world.
The progress bar starts with one red light at the beginning of the journey and ends on the green light when you arrive. The correct direction to walk is shown by the illumination of one of the LED’s on the circle. To input the desired location, shoe is connected via USB to a custom application which uses google maps to set the destination. 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.
Credits: Dominic Wilcox (Design), Becky Stewart (technology) and thanks to Northampton shoe maker Stamp Shoes
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1 comment:
damn cool! :D
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