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CES: Big mother is watching you
Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 7 January 2010, 23:20 Permalink Comments (7)
For paranoid parents everywhere, GPS trackers for kids that can trace your little darlings' every move
Xact Trax is one of several companies showing personal GPS tracking devices here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. While many of the others are focussed on outdoorsy types, it has identified a possible new market for the devices, however – worried parents
Xact Trax had three prototypes aimed at kids on their stand: the Sparki, Spotti and Robuddi. Actually, all three are just different skins for the same basic device, shown below.
Pin one on your kid’s backpack and, via PC or phone, you can track their movements, providing, supposedly, worried parents with some piece of mind. If the cunning tot decides to dump the device, the parent will be alerted (it’ll sense a lack of movement, although I guess that might happen if they leave their bag on the floor anyway). And if junior decides he/she has had enough of the kind of surveillance that would have made the Stasi blush and switches the damned thing off, mum or dad can over-ride the device and switch it back on. And there are even applications for older kids - you can place one in a car to track whether or not your loved one is driving too fast.
As yet, though, there's no function to detect crafty fags or monitor Bacardi Breezer intake
7 Comments
What if the imaginary pedo menace manages to hack the website, it'll lead them straight to the children,
BAN THIS SICK FILTH ETC
2010-01-08 10:26:52
This is disgusting. Buy them a mobile phone, if they're in trouble, they'll call.
2010-01-08 10:36:56
Why not just implant a GPS chip into the back of your child's neck, like a dog?
2010-01-08 12:41:33
Loving the car version for bratty teenagers....All a tad big brother, but at the same time, unfortunately I think we are in an age where these things are often needed.
2010-01-08 13:09:03
Dont like this big brother spying on you world we live in. However, I agree with thirstycamel509. As a dad, im scared shitless of what my baby daughter's world will be like when she's out and about.
2010-01-08 14:58:24
when i think back to the retarded things i did at 14, 15 & 16 (AAAAND i didn't get raped, murdered or addicted to anything particularly nasty) i can't help but think that my boys will be relatively ok. in all honesty, they'd probably be more inclined to behave worse if they thought big mutha was watching them. does anyone else think the elephant skin looks a bit post apocalyptic?
2010-01-11 09:35:13
Perhaps a couple of things overlooked:
1. Being a parent is about teaching, nuturing and ALLOWING freedom in a responsible way. Even from an early age.
2. Better to design something that alleviates fear rather than fuels it.
3. I'm sure teenagers will have plenty of opportunities to get themselves tagged if they really want to!
2010-01-12 13:21:38
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