GPS-mounted school uniforms

School uniform maker Ogo-Sangyo Co has released blazers mounted with global positioning system for grade school pupils which allow parents to keep track of their children's whereabouts through their computer.

"When a child faces an emergency situation, he or she can have Secom send a security agent to the spot by pushing a button on the terminal.

[via Japan Today via near near future]

Related articles where the localisation system uses not just computers, but cell phones:

-- Japanese GPS School Bag - Secom and bag maker Kyowa Corp. announced a line of backpacks for school kids that feature built-in GPS transmitters that work with Secom's locational information service called Koko Secom. The locational information can be accessed via phone, over the Internet or mobile phone.

-- Tokyo ward to equip kids with emergency phones - not based on GPS - All primary school children in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, are to be supplied with an emergency personal handyphone system next fiscal year to protect them from crimes such as being kidnapped.

emily | 11:01 AM | Localisation |
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