Have to wear or want to wear?

Shoe companies haven’t (yet) figured out how to enable 1-touch purchases on shoes yet. Once they do the shoe interface will be made toddler friendly

There was a story years ago about some scientists who dropped a box of tablets into a village somewhere that had no previous contact with modern tech. They went back some time later, and the kids had figured out, not only how to use them, but had networked them too. I wonder what ever happened with that, or if it was even true? I suppose I should google it.