KARMATECH

As a project at Hyper Island, we made a concept shoe for WeSC that would let you check in and connect with your social accounts just by stepping on a branded map thanks to the use of a RFID tag built into the shoe.

Editor's Pick | Creativity
Wired UK | RFID-powered shoes connect wearers to social media
Engadget | WeSC Karmatech concept makes your shoes more social with RFID
Fubiz | RFID in Shoes

 

Press

In 2011 when we did this project, the idea of connected shoes was pretty radical. So we got a lot of press from all over the world to cover it. We even had a French TV channel do a whole segment about it.

 
Credits
Pier Madonia
Kris Bengtson
Hampus Lemhag
Mikael Näslund
Anna Andersson
Bodil Gustafsson Fürst