Secom's schoolkid-tracking GPS satchel
Japanese home security company Secom has found a new twist on its KokoSecom location service, which combines cdmaOne and GPS to track you and a panic button that'll bring a nattily-dressed Secom man scurrying to your aid. They're teaming up with Kyowa Bag to create satchels for elementary school kids that come with a transmitter neatly installed in a colour-coordinated pocket so increasingly-paranoid parents can track their every move. Cannier youngsters are presumably going to work out in no time that the transmitter's detachable, though the potential for at least some playground mischief has been taken care of by omitting the panic button. The satchels go for Y33,000 ($310), plus a monthly subscription of Y525 ($5).
