With a name like "Little Buddy Child Tracker," you know this thing has to be awful, right?
Insignia, Best Buy's house brand, has just listed an incredibly invasive and humiliating new
GPS tracker on its site, and rather than promoting it as just that, the marketing brains have decided it best to aim this at paranoid mums and dads who've done such a poor job raising their offspring that they can't even trust 'em to trek out on their own. All sensationalism aside, there's little Insignia can say or do to remedy the product labeling job, but if you're okay with shoving this extra-small stick into your youngster's lunch box, you can keep tabs on his / her exact location and have alerts sent to you via SMS if they leave a designated area. Just make sure they don't ever know that you were responsible for planting this thing on their person, else you can forget about junior footing those nursing home bills when the time comes.
[Via
Navigadget]
posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:52PM
if you put this in something the child can lose, then you will only be tracking their lunch box. The obvious answer is to use it as a suppository.
Clearly the solution is to make it smaller and implant in the forehead and/or forearm. The cost will be fairly cheap, only $6.60 + a 6 cent tax.
Exactly, what if the kidnapper throw the kid's school bag away?
I know a better place to hide the tracker... you thinking what i am thinking ;)?
I would've just tied it to the cat's collar and head off on my journies. No way I'd let the old folks track me when I was a lad...
They should make something that you can hide under a cell phone battery to do this. Then your kid loves you for giving them a cell phone at 10yo, when you're secretly tracking their every move. Maybe you could even remotely turn on the phone and listen in on their conversations!
Totally has that up-the-butt form factor.
Already exists, Verizon for one will sell you a cellphone that you can give to your kids and that can be tracked by the parents.
Wouldn't surprise me if one of those "kid cellphones" (the ones that the parents program specific numbers into and thats all you can dial) exists with a tracker in it too.
I'm not sure what's worse... the fact that GPS tracking leashes are being shoved up people's asses in the future...or, that BEST BUY's markup on this product is higher than 300% - since this is one of their own brands.
In their add it mentions Jenny's prom. I doubt if Jenny is packing a lunch box to the prom. And if Jenny is doing the nasty in the janitor's closet in the "safe zone" I guess it's all well and good.
Pretty much sums up all discussions that can be had here. Nice.
Works equally well for girlfriends!
………………….._,,-~’’’¯¯¯’’~-,,
………………..,-‘’ ; ; ;_,,---,,_ ; ;’’-,…………………………….._,,,---,,_
……………….,’ ; ; ;,-‘ , , , , , ‘-, ; ;’-,,,,---~~’’’’’’~--,,,_…..,,-~’’ ; ; ; ;__;’-,
……………….| ; ; ;,’ , , , _,,-~’’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ¯’’~’-,,_ ,,-~’’ , , ‘, ;’,
……………….’, ; ; ‘-, ,-~’’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’’-, , , , , ,’ ; |
…………………’, ; ;,’’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’-, , ,-‘ ;,-‘
………………….,’-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’’-‘ ;,,-‘
………………..,’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;__ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘-,’
………………,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;,-‘’¯: : ’’-, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; _ ; ; ; ; ;’,
……………..,’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;| : : : : : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,-‘’¯: ¯’’-, ; ; ;’,
…………….,’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘-,_: : _,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; | : : : : : ; ; ; |
……………,’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ¯¯ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’-,,_ : :,-‘ ; ; ; ;|
…………..,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,,-~’’ , , , , ,,,-~~-, , , , _ ; ; ;¯¯ ; ; ; ; ;|
..…………,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;,’ , , , , , , ,( : : : : , , , ,’’-, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;|
……….,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’, , , , , , , , ,’~---~’’ , , , , , ,’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’,
…….,-‘’ ; _, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘’~-,,,,--~~’’’¯’’’~-,,_ , ,_,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘,
….,-‘’-~’’,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; | ; ; | . . . . . . ,’; ,’’¯ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,_ ; ‘-,
……….,’ ; ;,-, ; ;, ; ; ;, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘, ; ;’, . . . . .,’ ;,’ AND ME!!!!!!!;,;,’ ‘’~--‘’’
………,’-~’ ,-‘-~’’ ‘, ,-‘ ‘, ,,- ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘, ; ; ‘~-,,,-‘’ ; ,’ ; ; ; ; ‘, ;,-‘’ ; ‘, ,-‘,
……….,-‘’ ; ; ; ; ; ‘’ ; ; ;’’ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ‘’-,,_ ; ; ; _,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ;’-‘’ ; ; ; ‘’ ; ;’-,
……..,-‘ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;¯¯’’¯ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;’’-,
Pedo Bear approves!
@trevor
Most. Epic. Comment. Ever.
I like this Bear.
Wow, I cannot wait to tell concerned parents where to find these in our stores just to laugh at the type of people who buy this. Same thing with nanny cams there's some weird people coming in to buy those things.
As a parent of 2 young Autistic kids that tend to wander, I am significantly interested in these getting as inexpensive as they have. And yeah, we may be weird and twitchy parents, but I assure you it is strictly due to stress and a lack of sleep.
Oh and for all the idiots snarking about how evil it is to track kids, I would suggest you read this
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010051826_autisticboy13m.html
Kid would be alive today with one of these. 1 in every 100 children is diagnosed with Autism. Seems like a pretty profitable market to me.
Also being the parent of an Autistic child who tends to wander this caught my eye right away. This is a much more affordable solution than the other GPS devices that are specifically marketed towards parents of Autistic children. I give it a thumbs up.
I have an autistic brother, and I'll never forget the time he ran out of the house...we ended up finding him, after about 5 mins, at the park down the block, swinging. He almost got hit by a car on the way, good thing he didn't. luckily he doesn't run anymore.
My girlfriend and I already have this functionality. It's called Google Latitude. Some eyeFone users have Loopt.
I'd buy one of these things and have it implanted under my kid's skin. He'd never know how I always knew where he was. He'd just grow up thinking all parents know where their kids are at all times.
If you put it in the lunchbox, and they lose it, all you will be tracking is the lunchbox. The answer is to use it as a suppository.
ignore my repost. damn you commenting system!
I'd buy a couple to keep track of my 2 little ones.
Now the question is, will your little ones keep track of it?
Is it a pill?
Good News! It's a suppository...
In Japan, we simply have this built in to our child's mobile phone. It is configurable so that he can only call registered numbers in the phone, i.e. mum and dad and home and can only receive calls from mum and dad and home and can only send/receive mail from mum and dad and home. In addition, it has an alarm that, if pulled, immediately mails mum and dad with gps position as well as providing a high decibel local alert. Costs $10 a month for the plan but he can call/mail us for free 24 hours inside that
I'd rather kill myself than to put my kid through such a control. There is a little thing called privacy, you know? Even your kid have a right to it. Next time buy a cactus instead of raising children, that way you'll be able to keep it under a glass bell all the time and you wont ruin it's `childhood` and possibly life.
Yeah here its called Disney phone, o wait i mean was
incognito - I am not sure if you understand. As I mentioned, we get the GPS location when he pulls the alarm. How is that invading privacy? It is safety. He pulls it if he loses us or is in trouble. We cannot locate him unless he pulls it. Anyway, he is 5 years old and has a tendency to run off in malls full of people, etc. so we thought it safer to give him a way to contact us if he gets lost. I am not sure why your response is so hostile.
If you honestly feel that you would rather kill yourself than provide your offspring with this simple level of safety, then I have no personal objection as long as you don't do it in front of your children.
Well, if it's kids choice to contact you, that's a whole other matter and I'd wholeheartedly support that. Sorry if I misunderstood you, but given the article in question it implies spying and invading child's privacy, hence my somewhat harsh comment. I'm just against spying on your kids, it's the worst thing a parent can do. I'm against spying in general as everybody, including kids, have a basic right of privacy and invading it is seriously wrong in my book. And the worse case of that which I can think of is spying on your own kids via GPS.
It somewhat depends on age I guess but my young child (hypothetically speaking, as I don't have kids) does not have a right to conceal his or her location from me. It is my duty to protect my child and if she is somewhere she doesn't want me to know about then she is probably doing something she needs protecting from. This is not a device that allows you to see everything that your child does, (that would be invasive) this is simply a device that let's you know where your child is.
incognito, you don't have kids, do you? Call us back when you do; I can nearly guarantee you will see things differently. What you call 'spying' most parents call 'taking care' and view it as an inescapable responsibility rather than some kind of power trip. Sure, I want to know where my kids are all the time -- not so I can track them down, punish them, and ruin their childhood, but so I can help them if there's ever any trouble.
I'd lay down in traffic for my kids. Using tracking tech to keep up with them isn't inherently wrong or harmful, no matter what you OR Darren Murph might have to say on the matter.
Seems like a great idea to me. But then I'm not a paranoid "the government's out to get me" freak. As a child I would have gladly carried one of these so that my parents would know if anything ever happened to me. As a teen I might have had to plant it somewhere "safe" for a few hours every so often but I certainly wouldn't have been insulted by the idea of carrying one.
"paranoid mums and dads who've done such a poor job raising their offspring that they can't even trust 'em to trek out on their own"
Sometimes you can be the best parent in the world and your kid still turns out rotten. Children are not clones, they have minds of their own.
And since they have minds of their own we should do all we can to remove that from them and implant our thoughts? Bravo, sir, you've just proven the `rotten` part of your comment.
I say - beat the crap out of your kid as soon as you notice that he/she starts to look like you!
Where did I say that it is bad for a child to have a mind of his own? All I'm saying is that because people have minds of their own not every thing you teach them about how to behave "sticks" Oh, wait, I just left myself wide open. Now your gonna give me a hard time for thinking I ought to teach my child how to behave.
Absolutely! If your kid got grabbed, unless the kidnappers knew to find this and get rid of it you'd actually have a good chance of recovering your kid! What's wrong with that??!?
I'm 30, but have no kids - I imagine by the time I do, we'll be able to easily embed a device like this into a child's shoe or something like that. Hell, that's a great idea... I'm on it. I'll see you suckers when I'm rich! :-)
or you can pop one in your glove box (even better if u have a usb port in there) and have a 100 dollar lojack
drop it in the frame of a bicycle, put it in with the spare wheel in a car/engine bay/behind the stereo/a piece of trim, dissasemble one and mount it inside a laptop or netbook, false bottom of a suitcase/briefcase.... so many good uses for these devices, but putting one in your kids bag to track them isnt one.
I think the important question is: How long will it last on one charge?
If I am to embed this in something, taking it out all the time would suck. ie: your bicycle
Another thing: it would be awesome to mod this into a laptop and have it constantly getting power from the laptop battery even when off. LoJack would go out of business.
I dont find this invasive if used for kids like advertised. It's creepy to use on an adult like a gf or wife, but for kids it's fine. I dont see how it couldnt be fine. As a parent it's your business knowing where your kids are. Theyre not even allowed to leave school grounds without you explicitly knowing. So what's the harm in throwing one of these in their bag if they go on a field trip an hour or so away? Check it on ur lunch break, see that theyre there, then check it again when it comes time they should be heading home. It's better than giving a bunch of 8 year olds little cell phones.
I do have a question that I'm sure someone here can answer - I've always wondered about these devices... Does it not need line of sight with the sky for GPS to work properly? I mean, if the backpack is in the car parked in a parking garage, it's not going to work at all, right?
Sure your just curious... next you'll be asking how easy it is to track down ransom letters made out of newspaper clippings, or if duct tape works effectively to keep a child from screaming.
And to make up for insinuating that you had nefarious deeds in mind, GPS does tend to get blocked inside buildings, but pretty much every one of these things I have seen on the market also uses Cell tower triangulation when no GPS signal is present. It is far less accurate, but if your kid is missing, better than nothing.
Has no one been watching the news? A seven year old girl was abducted and murdered this week in Orange Park, FL. This is a wonderful device that could give law enforcement a head start in finding missing children.
You don't really think child abductors are that dumb, do you? I mean, the thing's not exactly subtle, you know.
Well, actually, I guess child abductors really could be that dumb...
There are three types of child abductors.
1. the type that plan it out and ask for a ransom. These are more common in movies than in real life.
2. Pedophiles. These are far more likely, far more dangerous, and are obviously very rarely thinking as a rational person would.
3. Estranged parents that lack custody rights. These are the most likely abductors, and would almost certainly spot the gizmo and discard it. Of course these abductors are usually the least dangerous and the kids often go with them willingly. That and the parent who does have custody usually knows who the perp is and his cell #, License #, SSN# and various other ways to track them.
Exactly what I was thinking. This is actually a very useful product.
It doesn't appear to be that big. Just make sure your child puts it in their pocket each day and you have one less thing to worry about. It's not about parents being negligent. Kids have to go to and from school each day and that's when many abductions ocure. Like the one mentioned above.
Considering this thing isn't advertised to death I doubt anyone is going to assume the kid has a GPS tracker on it.
What a crappy article. Instead of enlightening people about the product, it bashes it and anyone who might be tempted to buy it.
No product details, no nothing, all we have here is just a crappy little article written by someone who obviously sees no use for the product.
Good luck finding any information from Best buy / insignia sites. At the time of writing this there are no features, specification or user manuals listed. Its hard to blame engadget for the way they reported it - you get one shot with publicity when a product first launches, if you cant be bothered / competent enough to provide any real information then its up to sites like engadget to make something up to fill the space.
Imagine one of these babies implanted into your body.
I like this Bear
I know you think you were being clever and witty here, Darren, but you failed miserably. How about you try to just do your job and report information on gadgets.
No doubt, stick to the facts and leave the opinion to me..I mean us.
Good to see the parental posts here, noting the snarky nature of the original article.
On Tuesday in north Florida, a 7 year old girl was just abducted and murdered while walking home from school. Her body was dumped in a landfill in Georgia, and a child murderer is still on the loose here. Nice timing on the snarky comments.
There are a lot of parents in Jacksonville who would buy this.
give over. people are abducted and killed every day around the world. what are they meant to do? scroll the news channels and hope a month turns up where noone in the world has been abducted just to post an article on a tracking device?
Shame on you, Endgadet, for such insensitive and ignorant statements about a product that could give parents peace of mind and options for any number of scenarios, from a child lost on their own, abducted [rare and overblown as a general fear but it does happen] or even for keeping tabs on a child that's prone to not always be where they should be. That's what parenting is; watching, guiding, helping error correct and oh, yeah, keeping them safe. You obviously don't have any children. Oh, god.... I so hope you do not....
Who cares about kids, this would be cool to put around a pet's collar in case they run away. It'd also be pretty neat to see where they go during their crazy animal days.
maybe those who doesnt have kids shouldnt be commenting at all. this product is good for kids, but not for your teenagers. kids tend to get lost on malls, on way to school, during a fields trip. this gadget is one peace of mind for parents.
"but if you're okay with shoving this extra-small stick "
very well placed line break.
agreed with alot of comments here the truth is this No child is the same as much as no parents are the same,there are so many conditions and sitiutations that are too numerous to comprehend to grasp ,but for example there could be Autistic or (hard to control children),that warrent such a device,it does not mean the parents are bad,just there conditions may not be so,similar ,if you don't need it fine but dont bash someone if they do need such things,But i do take on points of some people saying such things can be abused ,but tht is true of every device and item ,etc ,etc
the choice is up to the parents who should analyse and decide on it accordingly,but it should not be to too much scrutiny,not everyone is mrs or mr perfect, i for one have not seen one yet,if you do i would very much like to see it.
Its about time that parents got control of their kids.
i personal use (to track my kids cell phones) http://www.MyPhoneLocator.com
joe
Remember: Trust is good. Controll is better.
I'd totally buy this.
Nothing new about this, GPS devices for this purpose been available for a couple of years, in Europe at least.
I normally don't direct attacks directly at the bloggers here, but I'll make that exception here.
Darren, you are a farking idiot. Can you really not see the benefits for parents with this device? Have you ever read the paper or watched the news? Do you realize how many children just "disappear" everyday? Do you not understand how many lives would have/will be saved with devices like this? Can you not understand that parents *care* about their children and want to make sure they are safe at all times and will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure their safety?
I take away from your snarky blog that you do not have any children, or at least I pray you don't if that is your true mindset. You are a true douche. I'm sure my account will be banned (again) and I'm sure this post will be deleted (again) but not before you read it, Darren. Just know that their are people out here that truly don't like you not because they care about your opinions on gadgets, they just don't like you as a human because you are a piece of shit. Know that, dude.
I rarely go to Engadget because I had heard from second-hand accounts of terrible bias towards certain hardware and software vendors, which I can, to a degree, accept, because even really great sites like AnandTech and DailyTech have a little bias creep in them.
What I didn't expect was Engadget to have a complete imbecile working for them. I can only assume you're a personal friend of Ryan Block or some other higher up in the Engadget hierarchy, because any self-respecting publication would have fired you long ago Darren Murph. What's even worse, I've only read two of your articles so far, this one, and your Microsoft Courier article (where you made equally stupid comments). You need to reflect on that. How poor is your writing that a once-a-month-or-less visitor to Engadget thinks you should be fired from your job because you can't get the simple reporting format down? Its so simple, and so endemic to all areas of reporting, that a 1st century B.C. Greek laid it out for us:
Quis, quid, quando, ubi, cur, quem ad modum, quibus adminiculis.
(Who, what, when, where, why, in what way, by what means)
Comes straight from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws
I don't know where, or if, you went to college, but its sad when you can learn more about news from a public encyclopedia by reading a 10 minute article than you obviously did in all your years of high school and/or college.
Just the facts, if you please. We'll ascribe our own opinions.
Can this device be used to track Alzheimer patients who may wander off? Doesn't seem to be limited to tracking children. Sew a few in their clothing?
Great for keeping an eye on the elderly as well; especially those prone to fall or wander.
Best tie it to a weatherballoon and give that to little Timmy or Falcon.
Mind you if I lived in one of the fucked-up countries in the world like mexico or the US I'd certainly think about tagging the kids, even though I'd hate myself and the society for it every second of the day.
I logged on to rag on Darren because it seems like he never watches the news (not even the tabloids) concerning child abductions. But random guy said it best.
Go on trying to be funny though, as long as we can talk back.
Perhaps he also watches the other items on the news and sees the growing clampdown on freedom and people more and more accepting it and even cheering? And aren't both phenomena two sides of the same coin? A general basic lack of respect for other humans.
Thanks for the kudos, but I was just speaking from personal experience.
@Wwhat, I concede your point that there is an escalating amount of invasion of privacy and restriction of freedoms in the world. You can be assured that if Governments started requiring these (or anything even close), I would be among the first to denounce and rebel.
That being said, I would hate for someone concerned about the well being of their child to look at this and hesitate just because some blogger out their decided he hadn't hit his snark quota of the day. Can you imagine the guilt later on.... "Well I was gonna get a tracking system for my kid that just wandered off and drown, but Darren Murph made it just seem so uncool at the time"
The fact of the matter is that we should all make informed decisions for ourselves. The unfortunate part is that people look to gadget blogs to help inform themselves in order to make those decisions, and bloggers like Darren influence their opinions and ultimately their decisions. I prefer Engadget over the many alternatives out there, I would just hope they realize that an article is not valued based entirely on it's snark content.
If you raise your kids based on views of random (often childless) bloggers and peer pressure from such, well then you have bigger issues and the kid might well be better off kidnapped.
So now kidnappers have to go the extra step of sweeping for bugs
this is all you need hint hint "balloon boy"
If these get smaller, at this price I'd have one for my dog and cats. This is great and if it keeps a child, elderly or disabled person from ending up hurt or dead, I'm totally cool with it.
I would have liked actaul information to be in the engadget post, but I suppose we can't have everything, can we?
Hey I know a great solution...mention (or discuss) what you want to do concerning this thing, with your child. I am sure youse can come to an agreement for their safety's sake.
I'm going to buy 24 and tape them to my beer... then I can keep track of where I set them down, AND when my teen's friends take them away.
LOL
As of Monday, October 26, we just had two small girls abducted and murdered in the USA. These were highly-publicized crimes, added on to the recent recovery of Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted, raped and fathered 2 children with her captor over an 18-year period of captivity. They are still examining bones recovered in the captor's backyard, as several other little girls went missing in his region of Northern California at the same time. My advice to the Tech critics here and on Engadget is to think a little more about the parents' concerns. To so blindly rail against the purpose of this product, AND encourage children, even jokingly, to run away from home only portrays the reviewing staff as callous, cynical and incredibly isolated from real-world concerns. If you think me overly-concerned about kid safety, then maybe the recent federal sweep that recovered 600 child prostitutes from around the USA may convince you of a need to keep an eye on the kids. If not, please return to that exciting round of World of Warcraft and have your mom or wife bring you a snack, as usual.
Yeah . . . snarky childless hipsters criticizing the parenting of actual parents on MY internets? I'm shocked.
Look, I would have loved to have been handed one of these things by my parents back when I was a teenager. I would have hidden it in the library or at some phantom jobsite while I went out and did God knows what. Then, as long as I wasn't too drunk to remember to retrieve the device before stumbling home, I would have had instant plausible deniability. Sweet. Maybe tracking Jenny at the prom isn't the best application for this.
However, I have a five-year-old daughter. Because I am a terrible parent and allow her some independence in letting her play with the neighborhood kids without my direct supervision at all times (back in the 70s when I was her age, we called this "childhood"), I think a device such as this one would come in handy. Hell, I would have LOVED to have had one on that day when she mistakenly got on the wrong homebound bus after school and I spent a panicked half-hour trying to locate her when she didn't get off the bus at her stop. LOL -- I'm so paranoid! Parents are dumb!
I'd rather have a smaller one that can go inside a shoe or someplace more discreet, though. Still, it would be nice to be able to locate my kid instantaneously.
This blogger is an idiot. I won't rehash all the aforementioned reasons, just wanted to add another vote to the "fire him" pile. Douche.
All those "up the asses" comments are pretty funny but wait until you lose a child as my sister did...forever. I have been waiting for a reliable product like this for my autistic daughter and can hardly wait to buy one. To the critics of and naysayers on this blog please consider the positive uses.
Yes, with the number of children that go missing each year, every parent should use a personal GPS tracking device, but you dont have to be a parent to need or benefit from owning one of these devices. Motorcycles, skis, musical instruments, laptop computers, purses & luggage, even the family dog: EVERYBODY has SOMETHING they want to protect!!!
When considering the purchase of a tracking device, do your homework because not all GPS systems are alike. Aside from features such as Geofencing, speed-alerts and so on, the one thing you really need to look into is the COST. Most GPS devices I've looked into have HIDDEN costs such as monthly/annual renewal fees or charge you per track ontop of the purchase price. When I called Best-Buy to get more info on the "Little Buddy" they couldn't even tell what the OTHER costs of thier system were.
I ended up buying a system called "The GPS Guadian" at http://www.thegpsguardian.com . Not only did I get the device for FREE by purchasing 3 years of service up front, but I got the 4th and 5th year of service for FREE as well.
Someday, when your mother gets alzheimer's disease and starts wandering, you'll maybe understand the value of a product like this.
I roamed my community for hours looking for my mother through tear drops. I would have loved to have put this around her neck in the morning along with her medical alert card.