GPS-tracked Clothing

Anil Kandangath writes "A Japanese firm has shown off new technology that enables GPS units to be embedded in clothing that will enable the wearer to be tracked continuously. The device is thin enough to be tacked on unobtrusively and is powered by a thin watch battery. It is also capable of taking biometric measurements and transmitting them PCs and handheld devices. Though marketed as a device to enable people to keep track of spouses, how long before such technology becomes intrusive in our lives?" Like tracking your spouse is ok?. What a world! Update: 05/29 18:00 GMT by Z : Not actually real. A Contagious Media project. Please do not try to monitor your SO's panties.

Comments

I call hoax

[iturbide]

Check the testimonials. PantyMap tracking software? Come on people, I don't buy it. Still, hoaxes are fun. |Anyone remember fufme.com?

It's a joke, but still

[broothal]

Ok - at first I didn't realize this was a joke, but just a quick look at the advertized product gives it away.

But even though this is a joke, the technology to achieve this isn't that far away. I'm going to be a parent in about 6 months, and while my kid is young, I wouldn't mind attaching a GPS to the kid. Of course, once he/she reaches a certain age, I will have to trust him/her. But until then, I'd be using such a device in a jiffy. I think... it's my first, so I don't know what to expect from having kids ;)

Medical uses. If this were real.

[MisanthropicProgram]

I could see medical uses for a product like this. Especially for people with dementia.
Grandpa, senile, heart condition, and who's also a diabetic, gets lost while walking and has a heart attack. Now, you can find him and get him treatment. I can see it now, ADT and Brinks will start offering this service. It gives a new meaning to the add, "I've fallen and can't get up!"

Degauss

[a_greer2005]

This is a great reason to keep some degaussing tools around, hell, why nit just rig up a degausser in the dryer, problem solved.

this is absurd. To throw the trackers off, I just leave peices of clothing at friends houses, in a locker at the bus station and the YMCA, all over the place, hell put a few garments in friends cars so ther are many moving targets..
How would this work anyway, do you have to register your boxers with "big brother"? is it tied to a unique id embedded into the unit and documented on the tag?

I see this being a navelty, like the Macarana or bell bottoms.

Re:spoof

[A beautiful mind]

And Taco obviously attempted to do some perl scripting, with a revolutionary new way:

Like tracking your spouse is ok?. What a world!

I mean, most, less experienced or cunning perl coders would have done it this way:

"$comment = $track_spouse ? 'What a world!':'';"

If you look at the revolutionary concatisanation, the new way to use ? and . next to each other clearly indicate a brilliant new way to use the Conditional Operator and the "." Additive Operator.

Some less experienced people on slashdot might wonder, that it was just a typo(sic!). They must be new here and do not grasp the subtle indications of the existence of a brilliant mind CmdrTaco must be possessing.

Re:When will the public revolt about issues like t

[orangesquid]

Uh... I'm thinking Disney World with two kids.

Mom and Dad can each go with one kid to wherever that kid wants to go, be able to find each other later, no need for cell phones.

Around 1 in 5 of fathers, aren't.

[Colin Smith]

e.g.
http://tinyurl.com/2yl43

Up to nearly 1 in 3 in some areas. Sooo there appears to be fairly good statistical evolutionary reasons for males to be naturally distrustful.

DNA tests are quick, cheap and easy these days.