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    Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No

    GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients

    Microwavable Boots Keep Your Feet Warm, and Your Microwave Stinky

    Verb for Shoe Auto-Adjusts Comfort With Built-in Computer

    Good-Bye Foot Raunch, Helloooo Minty Freshness!

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    Image of wolfsingleton wolfsingleton
    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    Is a two pound metal detector so damn hard to carry that someone actually created this? What's next, a few yards of toilet paper wrapped around your wrist so you don't have to reach all the way to the roll?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/07/09

    @wolfsingleton: Some beaches don't allow regular metal detectors on the beach during busy times during the day until sunset usually.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    they didn't work because dignity is not metallic. incidentally, it's not metallica, either.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    Woah woah woah woah woah. Back up. You have a titanium rod in your leg? Are you a cyborg? The Six Million Dollar Man?
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    08/07/09

    @DennyCrane: And then when the Borg comes, he will merge with them to become Borg Lam!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No

    BTW Brian,
    Did you happen to see any other people combing the beach, or did they also not find shit?
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    Image of highfloydelity highfloydelity
    08/07/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: We ain't found shit!
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    08/07/09

    @highfloydelity: It's Tuvok!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/07/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: Dear Sweet Jebus on Wheels, You're Right!
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    I join SteveDave in wanting to hear the Titanium Leg Rod Incident. What happened?
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    08/07/09

    @Segador: Thirded lets here it metal man!
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    Also, you can't really cover much area with these things. With a normal detector, you swing it in an arc back and forth and cover a lot of area. I don't see anyone doing that effectively with their feet.
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    08/07/09

    @PMD: I completely agree: A Rockette?
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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    08/07/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: A couple doing a ballroom dance would have double the gliding detecting power!
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
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    WHAT?!?! This is Gizmodo! Internet Explorer users shouldn't even be allowed to come to this site. This is an outrage!
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    08/07/09

    @bill cant fart: What if they are at work and have no other choice?
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    08/07/09

    @bill cant fart: Funny, I', getting that message and I'm using FF.
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    08/07/09

    @North Star: Yeah. No upgrading from IE6 for us. IT guys don't want to figure out how to get our systems to be compatible with anything other than IE6. People have been reprimanded (and maybe fired) for having something "incompatible" installed. So I struggle on with IE6...
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    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    what's with the blurry part in the photo?
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    08/07/09

    @Gizmodoholic: yeah, I was wondering that. Something wrong with you left foot, Brian?
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    08/07/09

    @deceit:
    his left foot has a tiny penis growing out of it - it's been that way since birth. he has to blur it or else tag the post NSFW.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/07/09

    In reply to Metal Detecting Sandal Lightning Review: No
    To hell with the treasure finding flip-flops, I want to hear more about how you became semi-bionic/cyborg Brian!
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    Image of infmom infmom
    06/10/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    My father died from complications of Alzheimers. He was in a nursing home the last couple years of his life. All the doors to the outside had locks, where you had to enter in a code to get in and a code to get out. That did cut down considerably on the wandering-away, but boy, was it jarring the first time I encountered it.


    I don't think having the tracker implanted in shoes is a good idea. As others have noted, the person who would wander away would not necessarily put on shoes to do it. Perhaps something like a Medic Alert bracelet, which doesn't come off easily, would be a better idea. I suspect if there's enough of a market for bracelets with chips, Medic Alert would sell them. Although going by what they charge for their watch, the price might not be comfortable for a lot of people. (Not to disparage Medic Alert; I've worn one of their tags since 1986 and they are a fine organization.)

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    Image of LuckyLakey LuckyLakey
    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Lets just skip the nonsense and barcode them and implant a chip.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    06/10/09

    @LuckyLakey: Tell em Alex!
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    Image of madara madara
    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Great idea, except most Alzheimer's patients end up in a nursing home and would most likely not always be wearing their shoes. Why not incorporate it into a medical alert bracelet that may be more difficult to remove? Sounds like I need a patent.
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    06/10/09

    @madara: Medic Alert has a bracelet designed for Alzheimers patients, but no, they haven't put a chip in it yet.
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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Also, if you ever encounter an Alzheimer's patient who doesn't remember anything, have them dial a phone. Just have them dial it. Most times they will dial a familiar number w/o thinking about it, and it can be a first step to tracking their identity down.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: That is a fascinatingly useful piece of information!
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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    We got something like this for my grandpa.


    Turned out he had been wandering off to a little place called "Angel Delight!"

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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    This could help me find my shoes. I dont have alzheimers, I just misplace my shoes sometimes. Its like they walk away on their own.
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