You have heard too many times how jungle trekkers, even the most experienced, lose their way in the jungle. It can take rescuers days or even weeks to locate them by deploying search troops on the ground as well as aerial search teams. The cost for such operation is unimaginable. This product could put an end to the searching.

Introducing the Quantum Satellite Technology by Isaac Daniel. It is shoes with built in Global Positioning System (GPS) that can track you wherever you go.

The idea for the shoes came from Isaac Daniel’s own experience. His company bearing the same name had been producing shoes since 2000. In 2002 he got a call from an Atlanta school informing him that his son was missing. He flew from New York to Atlanta and by the time he arrived his son had been found. But the lingering fear of the tragedy led him to an idea of incorporating a GPS system into shoes.

He focused his company’s resources to develop a device that could use GPS technology and be hidden and protected inside the bottom of a shoe.

The challenge for engineers was to contain the GPS technology in a 2-by-3-inch computer that can survive rough and toughness of a shoe. They came up with a device that is weather-proof, shock-proof and can withstand the weight of a 300-pound person.

The company plans to target social networking circles, allowing users to, for example, find which bar friends are hanging out at on a Friday night.

It remains to be seen how successful this product can be with the privacy issues that surround it. Quantum Satellite Technology shoes are to hit stores in March at a price of approximately $325-$350. A limited number of shoes is available for sale on isaacdaniel.com and those ordering will receive it in February.

Product page [Isaac Daniel] Via [MiamiHerald.com]

Dash Express is currently the smartest GPS Auto Navigation system out on the market. It is the first system with two-way internet connectivity that delivers the most relevant and most up to date news. Map and software to the system is done wirelessly (the first of its kind).

Now you can key in your destination and it will be able to tell you the fastest route to your destination based on speed, location and traffic. With the GPS data being constantly updated, any weather conditions, traffic congestion will reprogram your route automatically to provide an alternative route. Locations and products can also be found with the power of the internet e.g. you can find the gas station with the best prices in your area too.

One other great feature is that you can send an address directly from an Internet browser or Microsoft Outlook to your car. If you are lost and you don’t know the address, just call someone at home and asked them to beam it to your car.

Pricing details are not released as yet and it should be available within the next few months.

Product Page [Dash]

A car that can drive itself will soon be a reality, in the style of Herbie and Knight Rider.

VW (Volkswagen) has announced that they have developed a system of electronic eyes using radar/ laser sensors that link up with a computer and GPS navigation system.

The prototype test car was able to navigate its way around a course on a race circuit, and at some stages reached speeds of over 150 mph! They may yet have to do a lot for the intelligence of the system (to think for itself) as the race circuit was programmed into memory but this is a good start.

This is a sensational achievement of design and technology. It may very well pave the way for advanced automatic driving car systems on freeways and normal roads in the future.

Read [Daily Mail]