GPS NAVIGATION AND MORE FOR YOUR FEET Intuitive, instinctive navigation - that was our aim with Lechal, and haptics or vibratory feedback is the best and simplest way to achieve that. Like a tap on the shoulder, Lechal's gentle vibrations at your feet guide you invisibly but intuitively. LOOK UP WITH LECHAL Stop spending your day with your head down, ears cocked as you look and listen to your phone to helpNow, navigate hands-free , hassle-free and head-up . Lechal exemplifies avant-garde fashion. Sleek, minimalistic and comfortable, this is not wearable technology that you hide; this is technology that you flaunt! Lechal makes navigation a hands-free, heads-up experience. Simply connect the pods to the Lechal app, set a destination and let Lechal footwear show your way. VIBRATIONS AT EVERY TURN Our detailed route guidance means you will feel a slight vibration on your left or right foot at each upcoming turn. There are unique vibration patterns for different kinds of turns, rerouting, and every other navigational need.
If you have multiple stops enroute to your final destination, use Lechal's waypoint reminders, which once set in the app mean you will get vibratory reminders once you are near your planned pit-stops. Going abroad or offroad? Lechal allows you to download maps beforehand and access and use them without a data connection RECORD TRAILS & ADD GEO-ANNOTATIONS Find yourself in a remote area without roads or discovered a new hiking trail? Leave a trail just like Hansel & Gretel did with breadcrumbs. You can add area-specific comments to these recorded trails. Make your own city guide with this or find your way back from a hike in wilderness. FIND NEARBY & OTHER APP FEATURES Discover places of interest near any location in the world. Explore with ease on your trips by finding nearby restaurants, theatres, ATMs etc., tagging these locations and then setting out. Other navigational features include sharing locations, day and night mode, and what3words access. Lechal’s haptic feedback, via simple vibrations, is with you every step of the way, giving you detailed route guidance at every turn.
It even works offline! Which means you can wander off with no internet or data connectivity or get off a plane in a new country and Lechal will work, always in all ways. Start your workout by setting a goal in the Lechal app for distance covered, steps taken or calories burnt. The pods vibrate once you have hit your goal, signalling that your workout is complete. Create mini-goals or milestones within your workout routine to keep track of your progress during a fitness session by using this feature. You will get vibrations during the workout when you reach each milestone for steps, distance or calories. Since Lechal is located in your footwear and measures the steps you take from your feet, it is more sensitive to the actual steps that you take, and therefore, more accurate. It’s always on and tracking as long as you are wearing the pods. Get your Lechal friends moving by creating workout goals and challenging them to compete with you and complete them. LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME
By switching on the Untethered mode, you can workout without having to carry your phone. Your pods will transfer your fitness data to the app when they are back in proximity to your phone. Lechal not only changes the way you move, it also dares you to move, functioning as an accurate fitness tracker in addition to being a navigational device. Sync the data that the pods record with Google Fit or Apple Heath for complete fitness analytics. Get the most accurate metrics - step count, calorie counteven navigate with fitness in mind. Lechal's pods and app connect seamlessly and constantly without requiring you to turn either on or draining battery life. Lechal’s battery lasts up to an astounding 15 days! you don’t have to always worry about recharging as you travel. Lechal's minimal pods bring you a world of tech in the sole of your feet, housing state-of-the-art sensors and top-of-the-line technology in a slim, sturdy body Whether you're slipping the insoles into your shoes for the day or lacing your buckles onto your shoes,
Lechal allows you to transform most of your shoes into smart shoes. Aluminum 7075 T6 Anodized Lasts up to 15 days Connected via Bluetooth® smart, supports Bluetooth 4.1 and newer, Android 4.3 and above, iOS 8 and iPhone 4s and above Securely laces into sports shoes, Quick charging (3 hours) Input: 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 0.15A Your Lechal insoles fit into most closed shoes, opening up your entire closet to the Lechal effect Our handy buckles work with all your sneakers and lace-ups. Simply entwine into your laces and now step smart. BUCKLES NOW INCLUDED WITH INSOLESLechal, a pair of beautiful fiery red sneakers was the high spot at the Techkriti 2015 in Kanpur, India. The pair of sneakers is the world’s first interactive haptic footwear and actually stole the show with its features and specifications. Techkriti is the technical and entrepreneurial festival held at IIT Kanpur every year and Gaurav Duggal, an engineer at Ducere Technologies showcased this first ever wearable technology from India.
Lechal is pronounced lay-ch-al, meaning “take me there” in Hindi, the national language of India. Lechal – Wearable Footwear Lechal, the beautiful red-colored sneakers are designed especially for the blind people and can help them in navigation when connected to the Smartphone. These sneakers are GPS enabled and give the directions to blind people. Users can connect these sneakers with their Smartphone via Bluetooth version 4.0 and feed the information about the place they want to go. Lechal shoes are embedded with detachable Bluetooth trans-receivers and start vibrating when the user takes a wrong direction. The sneakers also work as a fitness machine which can count the calories burnt, distance travelled and number of steps taken. Not just physically challenged people, but others can also wear and use these sneakers as their navigational tool. To be specific, the technology is embedded in the insoles and if you are not interested in buying the sneakers, you can buy just the insoles and use the technology.
Talking about this brilliant invention, designer Guarav Duggal said in one of his interviews, “We have a special app which the user has to download on the smartphone. The Bluetooth trans-receiver connected to the app directs the person wearing the footwear the direction whether to take a right turn or a left”. Ducere Technologies is a company based in Hyderabad and is reportedly world’s first company to offer such a product. Anirudh Sharma, an alumnus of MIT University in the US and Krispian Lawrence, pass out from Michigan University US are the masterminds behind the company and the brilliant invention. These amazing sneakers Lechal comes with a price tag of $150 and the first pre-order will be given sometime in the month of May this year. Watch this video to know more about how the Lechal Sneakers work. RECOMMENDED: Click here to repair/restore missing Windows files & Optimize your PC Microsoft Project Olympus aims at leveraging AI to shape the cloud ecosystem