Be James Bond

I sometimes get overwhelmed by the astonishing inventions that wouldn’t have crossed your mind in a million years. Sometimes you’re excited and you’re eager to put your hands on the product, but sometimes you just can’t understand how in earth the idea became reality.

And if you ever had the chance to hear someone talking about a shoe phone and you thought this is the most outrageous of them all then you should know that an Australian IT expert doesn’t share your opinion. More than that, he spared no efforts in order to make it happen. This is the easiest way for those who tend to lose things to never lose their mobile phone again. Because when you have it attached to your shoe, it’s quite difficult to get rid of it.

The creator is 32-year-old Paul Garner-Stephen, who came up with a suggestion for a local theatrical production of a TV parody named “Get smart” (a spoof the the 60’s), where Maxwell Smart, an agent, used a shoe phone. Therefore, with the help of a shoemaker friend, he brought this device in the spotlight. The shoe phone has the mobile handset inside of one heel, while the Bluetooth headset is fitted in the other.

Here what the designer has to say: “Your first thought is ‘It’s completely impractical’. But it’s actuallty not that bad. The phone rings, you slip off the shoe, then you open the heel, press the button and you’re talking in around the same time it would take to fumble in a bag and pull one out”.

This is a crazy invention, and there is no doubt about it. Imagine that you’re on the street and it’s raining cats and dogs, and you can’t wait for the moment you get home. But you’re streets away, and your phone starts ringing. You know it might be important, your boss who wants to inform you about a project you must finish by the end of the week. You want to answer, God knows you do, but come one! The cats and dogs are everywhere! You can’t, you just can’t take your shoe off and answer that inopportune boss of yours! Doesn’t he know that you are not available to phone talks when you’re on the street? Especially when it’s raining like hell. But he doesn’t want to give up, God damn it!

Yeah, the shoe phone sounds great! Absolutely great!