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GPS Wristwatch for Kids

Posted by michael on from the calling-dick-tracy dept.

1010011010 writes "A company called 'Wherify Wireless' has created a $400 watch with a built-in pager, GPS unit and wireless data connectivity. It's targeted at families with kids. According to their website, 'Wherify's GPS Personal Locator helps keep loved ones safe by combining Wherify's patented technology with the U.S. Department of Defense's multi-billion dollar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites plus the largest 100% digital, nationwide PCS wireless network.' It includes a pager, clock, two-button '911' calling (parent can disable this), and remote-control keyfob (to lock and unlock it) for the parents. It is apparently water- and kid-resistant, and can be locked onto the wrist so that it cannot be removed (easily). $400 plus $35 a month... that's a lot more money than those stretchy wrist-leashes I see at the mall." There are so many things wrong with this that I don't even know where to begin.

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  1. kidresistant?? by radja · · Score: 5, Funny

    waterresistant I can believe.. now kid resistant.. THAT I gotta see..

    //rdj

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    1. Re:kidresistant?? by garethwi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apparently, the next version will be kid resistant to 100 metres.

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  2. Excellent by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm always losing my watch, so this would be fantastic.. All I need now is one for my keys.

  3. How about TCP/IP? by kars · · Score: 5, Funny

    # ping johnny
    PING 12.21.87.193 (12.21.87.193) from 12.21.87.194 : 56(84) bytes of data.
    From 12.21.87.194: Destination Host Unreachable
    From 12.21.87.194: Destination Host Unreachable
    From 12.21.87.194: Destination Host Unreachable

    Uh oh..

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    1. Re:How about TCP/IP? by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny
      I don't know if ping would be that interesting, but traceroute would be kind of funky!

      "Billy, you know were supposed to come straight home from school, but the logs show that you were playing by the creek again." "Aww MOM!"

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  4. It's 10pm... by sillydragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    beep! It's 10pm, do you know where your children are?

    Yes, with 1m resolution..

  5. I want one by km00re · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they will come in handy when trying to find one's self. This may cut down on those pesky time-consuming journeys of self discovery.

    I'm currently out trying to find myself. If I should get back before I return, please keep me here.

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  6. Please! by nmnilsson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't tell my girlfriend!!
    My leash is short enough as it is... :-)

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  7. Re:What is Wrong? by NOT-2-QUICK · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I never got kidnapped and thrown into a trunk without an internal release."

    So, are you saying that you did get kidnapped, but that when you were thrown into the trunk it did have an internal release??? Just trying to clarify here....

    Perhaps you were never kidnapped, but you were thrown into a trunk...ahhhh...and that trunk did have an internal release...

    Any clarification that you could provide on this state would be greatly appreciated!!! :-)

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  8. This is all a conspiracy... by nixkuroi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bill Keane, the writer/artist of Family Circus simply wants all of our children to wear these watches so that he can hack in, use a specially modified tracking program that follows the path of your children with a dotted line and then use that dotted line in his next "what did Billy do on his way home from school" strip. Boycott this device...the pseudo-hilarity must end.

  9. Re: Teen resistant by zTTTz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to see it also monitor and transmit the pulse rate of my teen-aged daughter. It's already on the wrist so it's an easy modification. And if she is baby sitting and her pulse rate goes through the roof (presumably because the make-out session has started), I can quickly arrive with my low-tech boy-friend removal device (read: shotgun). Much like the chastity belt from Scary Movie!