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Smart shoes could help the visually impaired

Talk about innovation and problem solving, these shoes could help the visually impaired travel through town! Very clever:

The Lechal shoes – which means “take me along” in Hindi – were originally developed to help navigation for the visually impaired, but applications for fitness and the sighted were quickly realised.

Taking directions from the smartphone, the left or right shoe buzzes when walkers need to turn at a junction or fork, but are also packed with sensors to record distance travelled and calories burned.

Article from The Guardian.