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]