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Google makes a talking shoe

2013-03-09
hey this is rusty with the verge and we're at South by Southwest 2013 Google's playground okay so I'm here with Kate Packer she's part of the talking shoe teams that rise are talking to you actually I'm calling a talking shoe yeah exactly what guys since what do we have in here so inner we have a pressure sensor and accelerometer and a gyroscope got it and this is just like it's just for telling steps when you sit down and you stand up yeah so can tell when you stand with when you're sitting down and when you're walking or running how fast you're going if you jump up and down it can tell that and then it can give you feedback and its own sarcastic little way is this running Android um so the way it works is it actually connects to bluetooth which can connect to Android or can connect your computer so right now is connect to a server it's actually tracking all my terrible steps so inside it's connected to computer that is like taking that data and then translating it into that fun stuff you see up on screen so theoretically I could have a phone that's kind of a dick to me and all this transfer from there well so actually we have a pair of shoes that connects to the phone and then it shows what it was saying on app and then you could share it to the web if you want it okay thank you so much
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