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Legoland Introduces Wi-Fi Tracking for Kids
mindless4210 writes "Lego announced today the successful deployment of a full-scale child-tracking system within Legoland Billund in Europe. The tracking system, deployed by Bluesoft, Inc and KidSpotter, allows park visitors keep track of their children using one of the world's largest Wi-Fi tracking networks. The children must wear a wrist band with a Wi-Fi tag on it, and if they become separated, parents simply send a text message from their mobile phone, and receive an automated response giving them the accurate location of their child."
That'll come next :)
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
A leash.
Oh great. We're now giving kids IP addresses so their parents can ping them. What it going on now?
Excuse me while I compile IPv6 on my systems. We need it now.
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Well, it's about time for kids to start wearing tinfoil hats.
The IT section color scheme sucks.
But it kept breaking every time I moved.
The key difference between a Programmer and a Senior Programmer is that one of them is Mexican.
It shouldn't just give the location of the child. For a lot of people, that's totally useless. Most people couldn't tell you the difference between latitude/longitude and UTM coordinates. Instead, it should guide them to their child... let the parents page through instructions. Not only would this be more useful for them, they could get charged by the page, so our corporate overlords should be pleased as well (afterall, reuniting a parent and child isn't satisfying enough).
Secondly, what ever happened to Darwinism? The lost children should starve and/or form their own feral societies. Only the best would survive to re-enter society, hopefully as very productive, since they'll have lots of useful skills.
Lastly, where the hell are all the wolves? Aren't they supposed to take care of the lost children?
First post? I doubt it...
Down with Saudi Arabia!!!
...you get to put it together first!
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
Michael Jackson
Doesn't this just provide paedos with a free kiddie tracking system?
Yes, because otherwise, kids are so hard to find at LEGOLAND
True story...
A few months ago a woman called the police because her son had swallowed the electronic key to her SUV's alarm system and she couldn't get the vehicle to start.
The officer thought a minute, lifted little Johnny up and put his stomach near the stearing column. It was close enough for the RFID. Security disengaged and the woman was able to drive away.
I see what you mean, scary stuff. "Excuse me sir, but could you put on this wristband? Perfectly innocent, I assure you." Then the hapless fool walks away, oblivious to the fact that, as long as he stays within range of the Legoland WiFi system, some nefarious evildoer can track his every move. Creepy.
I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
I'd gnaw off the wrist band and flush it down the toilet. The ensuing search in the sewer system by rescue teams should prove amusing...
"There is no spoon." - The Matrix
I, for one, am disgusted. If children can't roam around unsupervised at an amusement park, what is this country coming to? Next the jackbooted fascists will be telling kids they can't play in traffic or go home with the creepy guy at the arcade offering to show them puppies.
I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
... I was more concerned with acurately tracking all of my lego pieces!
My other sig is a Porsche!
Sorry. Lost track of time. I'll have her home by 8:00 PM.
parent frantically types out SMS message on cel phone, waits in agony for response...
And if the kid walks outside the park boundary... kaboom! Right?
My other processor is big-endian.
The Tag can be mounted in many different ways on a variety of assets, including the use of double-sided tape, screws and straps.
Tape??? Screws??? Straps???? My kid isn't getting with a hundred miles of these guys. Nobody screws a wifi tag to my kid!
-russ
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'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
Like the poor kids who get those leashes attached to them.
Watching those kids try to run away is more fun than riding the rides at some parks.