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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.
Well, it's about time for kids to start wearing tinfoil hats.
The IT section color scheme sucks.
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.
Doesn't this just provide paedos with a free kiddie tracking system?
Yes, because otherwise, kids are so hard to find at LEGOLAND
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 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...
But that's only if there's a route to the kid. If a router goes down somewhere it could look like the kid is dead.
Police: "I'm sorry. I can't ping your son. I'm afraid he may be dead."
Mother faints. Father starts crying.
Police: "Oh wait. There it goes. A router just went down in seattle for a few seconds. I hope I didn't scare you. Say, is your wife OK?"
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.