Panic rooms are so last century, it seems. Personal tracking gadgets are becoming a big hit to billionaire geeks, ordinary geeks, and overprotective parents nowadays and that's probably the reason why inventor Sayo Isaac Daniel has concocted a pair of shoes that feature a built-in GPS Panic Button.

Yup, this pair may look like your garden-variety leather footwear. But the panic button, which is what makes it a standout, will allow the wearer to alert someone of their whereabouts in case something awful happens to them.

For parents, they would have to decide if they would instruct their kiddies to turn on the panic button in case something's wrong or if they would just make the kids believe that they are wearing regular shoes so they can be tracked easier, say when they are in a house party or something.

Interested? A company called Quantum Satellite Technology is planning to sell them this coming March for less than US$ 350 a pair. Parents would have a few months to decide about what to do with it.