Amber Alert GPS 2G lets you track your kids with a text
By Donald Melanson 
posted August 26th 2009 12:54PM
posted August 26th 2009 12:54PM
Still haven't found a GPS tracker out there to suit your parenting needs? Then you might want to consider this new Amber Alert GPS 2G device, which, unlike some other similar products, is actually aimed specifically at parents, and promises to be straightforward enough for all parents to use. It's main feature, of course, is to simply act as a wearable GPS beacon for your kids, which parents can call or text at any time and instantly receive a text back with its location, or track at all times on the web. The device also takes things a bit further than most with a so-called "bread crumbing" feature that creates a trail of your child's route and alerts you when they reach their destination, and a safe zone feature that limits how far your child is able to travel. That peace of mind does exactly come cheap, however, with the device itself running $379.99, while the required monthly plans start at $9.99 and go up to $59.98.
[Via Coolest Gadgets]
[Via Coolest Gadgets]
Never work - the birds will eat the breadcrumbs, and you'll never be found in the enchanted forest.
This article may set a new record for most typos. Wake up, dude. Take pride in your work. It doesn't take that long to reread a paragraph and fix 9th grade mistakes.
Get a cheap Boost mobile phone and load it up with Mologogo. $40 per year ( $10 recharge every 90 days for Boost service)
I'm putting on in my GF's purse. The tramp...
Orrrr just spend $30 and get a Motorola i425 and pay $0.35/day for unlimited real-time GPS tracking/mapping. Oh, and it's a prepaid cell phone for emergencies as well. :-)
If you're so consumed with fear and paranoia about your child's safety that you buy this and staple it to your child, you probably should forgo parenthood. Being alive is inherently dangerous. Statistically, there are myriad other threats that are far more probable to compromise your child's well-being. For one, your child is probably safer walking to school(in most areas) than riding with you in your car. We're on the cusp of implanting such devices on our children it seems. Do we need a children's bill of rights?
if i were a kid id just go to the place and then set it down there or attach it to the housecat and do something else and then pick it up when i was done
Why?
And there's the rub. See, what they didn't mention in the article is where you put this thing.
Here's a clue: It's suppository sized.
Does it come with a remote detonate feature so you can take out the perp?
How about the fact that anyone kidnapping your kid is going to make sure the child isn't walking around with a GPS device strapped to its inner thigh? The only way this would work is if you convinced the kid to swallow the dang thing.
Good point, felonius. After all, the "proper parenting experience" is nothing without an emergency room visit to clear up an intestinal blockage. Adds character!
@Phrank: I only said it was effective, not healthy. (neither is parental obsession, of course...)
I don't get it:
Temperature Alert
Set the hot and cold temperature thresholds for your AAGPS device easily from your computer. Receive a notification when your AAGPS temperature surpasses or drops below these thresholds. This feature is very critical when children are left in hot cars.
Are they encouraging leaving your kid in a hot car and coming back once it starts to get *too* hot? Thanks mom and dad!
If you click thru to that Coolest Gadgets website, the Google's sponsored link that comes immediately after the article advertises "Coolest Tours of New York City". What could be a better way to put your brand new Amber Alert GPS to test!
Don't need it. I got my daughter a conceal and carry permit... Sure she's only in kindergarten, but damnit, it's her right! :-)
I'm sorry, but proper parenting cannot prevent a non-descript van from pull up along side some child who is big enough and old enough to walk to school as I did in the 70's from 1st grade on. We cannot kept our children in our line of sight all the time. I think tracking them via GPS is a an outstanding idea. Spying on them is another matter.
Typo: "It's main feature" --> "Its main feature"
What I want to know is, how does it "limit how far your child is able to travel"? What, is it a shock collar or something?
Why can't parents just keep an eye on their kid? Granted, I'm only 18, so I am admittedly inexperienced, but there's just some thing technology shouldn't interfere with.
But for little kids, like toddlers learning to walk, I say go for it. I'd get one. Anyone older than 13? No thanks.
This could surely work for one's pets. It can even work for people with Alzheimer's. It is also useful for toddlers in crowded places like amusement parks, shopping malls, etc. But for regular use? Unless this comes with an invisible shield, what's the use of knowing that your child is about to fall down the stairs or about to be run over by a car and you're not there to prevent it? And if your teenager willingly wears this or if you insist that your teenager still needs to wear this, something is seriously wrong. Maybe save the $380 for a visit to the shrink?
there is another service where you just install software on your child's phone and you can see where they are. it is called iTag.com
http://www.itag.com