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Safeguard Kids With High-Tech Gizmos
« on: Aug 23rd, 2002, 10:55pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Wherify Wireless, Inc. is now offering a GPS Personal Locator for Children.  They won't start shipping the devices until next month.
 
The device is a thick, rubberized wristwatch that locks on a child's wrist.  It sends an emergency signal to 911 operators if someone attempts to remove or cut the band without authorization and can be programmed to send an alert if the child ventures outside a predetermined area.  The locator also has a "panic button" the child can push to call 911.
 
The device taps the Global Positioning System, a constellation of 24 satellites originally sent into orbit as a navigational tool by the US Department of Defense in the late 1970's  By triangulating the radio signals from three of the satellites, a GPS receiver can plot its exact location on the ground to within a few feet.
 
Parents can track their kids by logging on to a Web site that displays their location either on a regular street map or an aerial photograph.  Parents can even program the device to give "breadcrumbs," recording the GPS signal at set intervals to monitor their child's progress from school to home.
 
The cost of the wristwatch gizmo is $400.00 with a $25.00 monthly service charge.
 
So, what do you think?  Would you consider this for your children or grandchildren?
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