Lechal haptic footwear guides you by buzzing your feet
From: Gizmag - 02/21/2014
By: Ben Coxworth

The Lechal shoe was initally intended for use mainly by the blind. This week,
however, Anirudh Sharma and business partner Krispian Lawrence announced that
the production version of the Lechal will soon be available for preorder, and
it's aimed at helping all people navigate the city streets.  

There are actually two Lechal products - a complete set of shoes, and
polyurethane insoles that can be put inside existing shoes. 

In both cases, they work by communicating with the user's smartphone via
Bluetooth. That phone is running a dedicated Android, iOS or Windows
navigation app. In order to guide the user from their current location to
their destination, it lets them know where and when to turn by causing one of
the shoes to vibrate - the left shoe for a left turn, and the right for a
right. 

Read the entire article and view a video (1:36) at:
http://www.gizmag.com/lechal-haptic-feedback-navigation-shoes/30939/

Links:
Haptic shoe could replace the white cane
http://www.gizmag.com/le-chal-haptic-shoe-for-blind/20186/

NAVIGATE jacket brings GPS to life with LED lights and haptic feedback 
http://www.gizmag.com/navigate-jacket-wearable-gps/30001/

Lechal
http://www.lechal.in/index.php

Submitted by Jerry Weisman