Smart Shoes Are A Cross Domain Product. Where Are The Consumers' Pain?

In March 2015, China wearable alliance organized the "China wearable alliance standard" closed door work. The alliance initiated the Ministry of industry and commerce to explore the wearable standard system and promote the establishment of the industry standard.

However, the formulation of standards is by no means an overnight move. It requires the participation of a large number of enterprises, industry organizations and research institutes. The standard setting of smart shoes is still in the exploratory stage. The leading enterprises in the industry are also referring to the industry standards of shoes in terms of shoes production, referring to the mobile phone standards of the Ministry of information industry in terms of the production of intelligent module hardware.

Smart shoes are a cross domain product, its foundation is shoes, but it also carries the characteristics of intelligent technology products. But throughout the market, dozens of smart shoes products basically stay in the "intelligent concept" aspect, and there are various problems in products, such as the duration of life, the matching of intelligent hardware and shoemaking, comfort and appearance, etc.

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The expectation is not only for its comfort, beauty and fashion, but also for the basic functions of shoes, and it is hoped that its intellectualization can realize step by step, positioning, health care, medical treatment and even more powerful extension function.

Under such high expectations, the core must also ensure the safety and stability of the shoes. After all, the shoe and other wearable equipment are different. It has to adapt to all kinds of weather changes and bad environment. Whether it is windy and rainy, it is at the temperature of 40 degrees Celsius or 30 degrees below zero, whether it is on the urban road with good road condition or on the rough and muddy road in the road. The shoes with intelligent modules must adapt to all kinds of tests, operate normally and ensure the safety of the wearers.

Such smart shoes have high requirements for technology, and there must be corresponding standards to ensure their quality and safety.

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The industry standard has been very perfect, but now many smart shoe products on the market have not reached these standards, especially the quality of low-end products is very worrying.

The definition of smart shoes is relatively vague. Any intelligent module or function can be called smart shoes, so the product can achieve thousands of changes, and it is difficult to formulate targeted standards.

There is no standard in the industry standard for intelligent modules, so it is not surprising that the quality of smart shoes is uneven and the function is not stable.

Lu Hua, director of the shoes Committee of China Leather Association, said.

"In the past, we did not allow electric appliances in the shoes, but with the progress of science and technology and the change of market demand, the footwear Standards Committee was also communicating with the GB to make corresponding adjustments."

Xiao Xia, director of the shoe inspection and testing department of the China leather and footwear industry research institute and the Secretary General of the national footwear Standardization Technical Committee, said: "for

Increasing electronic components has become a demand for consumers. From a standard point of view, it is of course necessary to increase the norm.

I think the standard setting of smart shoes is feasible, but it is very specific that we need to draft corresponding standards on its technical requirements, how to discriminate the quality of such products and how to detect them.

But overall, whether such products have lasting vitality is still unknown.

China wearable alliance Secretary General Yang Xin said, for enterprises, the lack of standards will make wearable devices difficult to expand to medical, pension, tracking and positioning of children and other social hot spots, directly restricting the rapid development of the market.

Because wearable devices require users to wear for a long time, the safety and quality of wearable devices will inevitably become an important factor affecting their popularity.

The safety of wearable devices, batteries, power adapters, wireless connection, electromagnetic compatibility and harmful substances need to be evaluated in all aspects to maximize the potential harm to users.

At the same time, the accuracy of the basic data and the defects of the software are all worth considering, especially the implanting products, which directly affect human health, and need to be regulated by the industry standard.