Gadgetory

hey everybody this is Sean with The Verge and I'm here at mobile war Congress and I am wearing the i/o fit Smart Balance shoes I hope it is one of the first companies to be spun out of Samsung's Creative Lab startup accelerator and while the idea of smart shoes isn't exactly new they're one of the first companies that's really trying to put a whole bunch of stuff inside fitness and training shoes so what's inside these shoes our Bluetooth sensor and pressure-sensitive insoles as well as a battery in that battery lasts 5 to 7 days and can be wirelessly recharged the pressure-sensitive Souls can be used for all sorts of different activities so running CrossFit strength training and they're also selling a separate pair of shoes that are made specifically for golfing now there's all sorts of things you can do with this data with the app that comes along with the shoes you can see how far you're leaning forward or back left to right the strength that you're using to hit the ground or walking with there's a whole bunch of data coming off these shoes and you see it live in an app along with a live view of yourself and you can compare multiple recordings to so you can give the app to a coach and they can show you which one of your golf swings was better and why the shoes themselves they're also really comfortable too they're really light they've got a mesh covering so they breathe really well they're grippy on the bottom they're everything you want out of a general fitness shoe so I hope it's gonna be bringing these shoes to Kickstarter later this summer probably around July the fitness shoes are gonna cost about $1.99 and the golf shoes are gonna cost about 249 each of those are gonna cost about a quarter less on Kickstarter if you get to them early so look for them later this year four more here at Mobile World Congress head to the verge comm and go to youtube.com slash the verge and click Subscribe