Zoombak's Pet Locator hits the FCC

We'll admit, Zoombak's a bit late the Fido tracking game, but we're sure that pet owners won't complain about a bit more competition in the pet location biz. According to documentation at the FCC, this here device is most effective on animals that weight 15 pounds or more, and essentially consists of a wireless transceiver and Li-ion cell wrapped within a semi-rugged, water resistant enclosure. The 73-gram box straps around your pet's neck and purportedly communicates with a variety of GSM bands in order to keep you notified about your animal's location. Unfortunately, details surrounding the actual operation of the device is still scant, but it shouldn't be too long now before Zoombak is cleared to offer these up for (straying) pet lovers everywhere.

[Thanks, Rich]

[Marko @ Jun 7th 2007 4:40AM]

Well, better start feeding my cat larger portions to get her to 15 pounds ASAP!

[hongkongtechkid @ Jun 7th 2007 6:27AM]

loads of grammatical errors, come on engadget!

[Gordy @ Jun 7th 2007 10:10AM]

Screw the dog...you all know the mere thought of this product hitting the market will be a stalker's delight--not to mention jealous boy/girlfiends.

[obiwan @ Jun 7th 2007 5:10PM]

and nervous parents. Don't forget the nervous parents. I've ordered two to slip into my 16 year old daughter's backpack. One spare for when the battery goes - I can charge while the spare does the job!

[TheChaz @ Jun 7th 2007 11:07AM]

The irony will be when you end up giving your pet brain cancer for having strapped this to their neck for 8 years.

[Sean @ Jul 11th 2007 11:44PM]

If it works best on pets of 15lbs or more then its obviously ideal to strap to your kids.