GPS jackets for kids
This one may be somewhat similar to bulletproof backpacks, but British clothing maker Bladerunner is marketing kids GPS (global positioning system) jackets which allow parents to track their kids’ whereabouts.
This article describes how the jacket can be used to enforce a ‘geo-fence’ which alerts you when your child leaves a certain location via email or text message.
The appropriately named Bladerunner specializes in equipment for police and security services, and recently started offering a school uniform in slash-proof Kevlar. For the tracking jacket, it teamed with U.K. firm Asset Monitoring Solutions (AMS), a maker of tracking and security technologies.
While some are sure to cry Big Brother on this one, Martin Taylor, sales director of AMS, insists that the benefits can cut both ways. “Kids want their independence,” he told The Guardian, “and parents might be more willing to allow them to go out more on their own if they could check up on where they were from time to time and know they would be immediately informed if there was any trouble.”
I think this is an interesting concept for younger kids who may have a higher chance of going missing unintentionally, but what happens when a kid realizes “if I take my jacket off, they can’t track me.” Another drawback is the $500 price tag and $20 monthly monitoring fee.
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