October 24, 2007
Jacket lets parents keep track of children
Robbie is wearing one of the first GPS tracker jackets, launched this week in the UK by BladeEunner, the clothing manufacturer that specialises in equipment for the police and security services and which recently brought out the first school uniform in slash-proof Kevlar in partnership with Asset Monitoring Solutions (AMS), a market leader in tracking and security technologies. The Guardian reports.
... The small rechargeable device - it has a 15-hour battery - fits neatly into a pouch inside the jacket. You switch it on when you leave the house and what you get is nothing less than the ability to know where someone is - within four square metres - anywhere in the world. You can watch them move, check where they've been and get updates every 10 seconds.
You don't even need to be permanently logged on to your computer, as you can have email alerts sent to your Blackberry or text messages to your mobile.
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