Talking shoes

Young Joel Williams Jr (American) is 13 years old but is the owner and director of Cotrac Co. specializes in producing a product called 'Smart button' (SmartButton).

Joel Williams, second from right to

The 'key' of this button is to teach children how to wear shoes. When the button is pressed, a voice will sound to remind the baby, which shoes are the left leg, which shoes are for the right leg. This unique product can be ordered online.

The idea of ​​equipping a 'voice' for shoes appeared in the boy's head when he saw his three-year-old sister always mistake her shoes.

Joel Williams Jr., an engineer, immediately surveyed the market to see if anyone had thought of a way to solve this kind of problem for young children like this and found that his son's invention could very well make money.

And so there are smart buttons, which can be played in two languages, English and Spanish. The button is made of three colors, pink, blue and white. A pair of buttons for shoes costs $ 9.95.

In 2006, Cotrac Co only got a profit of 30,000 dollars thanks to its products, but Joel hopes that in the future the company will attract more customers.

At the 2005 International Footwear Association exhibition in Las Vegas, Joel's smart button caught the attention of many major manufacturers, even Disney Corporation intends to buy smart buttons to paste on all. his characters.

Unfortunately, the two sides could not reach an agreement. Joel Williams also intends to bring his product to Wal-Mart supermarket system.