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The insoles utilize small wireless, baterry-powered devices called "Pods". These are steel encased vibration motors and inertial sensors that are attached to Lechal shoes or inserted into insoles. After pairing the Pods with a smartphone, they offer vibrational feedback based on the GPS directions received from the device. The Pods can be charged via Lechal's docking stations.<ref>http://www.lechal.com/technology.html</ref>
  
 
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=== Purpose ===

Revision as of 07:33, 23 June 2016

Lechal
Lechal 01.png
Category Limb-mounted
Developer Ducere Technologies Pvt. Ltd. [1][2]
Announced 2 November 2011 [3]
Released Developers:
Consumers: September 2014 [4]
Price 160 USD [5] (June 2016)
Operating system none (pairs with Android or iOS)
Sensors

none

Weight 22 g [6]
Controls

smartphone

Data available Good
Risk factor Low
Not Standalone
http://www.lechal.com

Lechal are Bluetooth-enabled insoles developed by an Indian company Ducere Technologies Pvt. Ltd. The insoles pair wirelessly with the user's smartphone and based on the GPS data provided can offer directional guidance in the form of vibrations. If the set GPS route requires the user to turn left, the left Lechal insole with vibrate which informs the user they should take left. The company originally developed the device to be used by visually impaired persons, but later expanded to regular users. The technology gives users directions without the need to use their smartphones to look up the map.

Main characteristics

The insoles utilize small wireless, baterry-powered devices called "Pods". These are steel encased vibration motors and inertial sensors that are attached to Lechal shoes or inserted into insoles. After pairing the Pods with a smartphone, they offer vibrational feedback based on the GPS directions received from the device. The Pods can be charged via Lechal's docking stations.[7]

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