current event 9/20/12

Current events assignment

1. Topic: 

             The topic of my article is about shoes with GPS in them. You can click the heels and it will show you the way to your house.

2. Article Title: 

          

These Shoes Guide You Home Using GPS, However Lost You Are

3. Article Source: 

• Where did you get the article? Hyperlink it.

4. Summary:

This article is about shoes that have a GPS system embedded into the heel. You have to click the heels to make the GPS tell you how to get home.

There is lights on the front of the shoe which  point in the direction you need to go to get home.   So if you get lost a lot and lose your way to get home often then these are the shoes for you.

5. Reaction: 

I think this is an okay idea but not that great of an idea. This is only good if you do a lot of walking. Most people now days drive a car and this would not be good for that because if you have a bunch of people looking at there shoes while driving then your going to have a bunch of wrecks.

This may be good though for college students who are on a big college campus and have to walk everywhere. If you get lost then you can easily get back to your dorm. This is also not that great because it can only be programmed to take you to one place.

These shoes are not very stylish either so if you like to have shoes that look sharp then these are not for you. I am not really affected by this new change in technology because I do not get lost very much when I am out walking by myself.

 

         

6. World Impact:

It does not really impact the world that much because I do not think people will take interest in these shoes. These shoes will maybe sell good for the first couple of months because  all of the things that they think it is but, it will just be a big disappointment in the end.

On the other hand these shoes may take off and change shoes for ever and it may spark all kinds of new ideas. It may make shoes never like they are right now and make them electronic from now on.

It also may make the economy better because it will spark a new way for the country to start manufacturing things again if they do not send them overseas to be produced.