The GPS watch that will help you keep tabs on your child
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
GPS locator device designed to be worn, rather than carried, by children will go on sale in the UK in March
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A GPS locator device designed to be worn, rather than carried, by children will go on sale in the UK in March.
Concerned parents will be able to receive text or email updates, accurate to within 10ft, of their child’s location.
Nu.M8, thought to be the world’s first GPS locator device specifically designed to be worn by children, is concealed within a digital watch.
It can be securely fastened to a child’s wrist and will trigger an alert if forcibly removed.
Parents who text “wru”, or click “where r you” on the secure website, will be able to see the child’s location on Google maps and the street address and postcode will also be displayed.
So-called “safe zones” can also be set up in which children can play safely and an alert will be sent to the parent’s mobile phone and computer if the child strays out of that area.
The watch, which will go on sale in March, is expected to cost £149.99, with a standard monthly subscription fee of £9.99.
Steve Salmon, chief executive of Lok8u, the firm launching the watch, said: “Nu.M8 gives parents the reassurance of knowing where their children are, anytime, anywhere.
“Hopefully in using this product girls and boys can now be given the similar freedom to play outside that I enjoyed as a child.”
He said the overriding aim of the watch was “to give children their freedom and parents peace of mind”.
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have you got anything better looking possibly in pink for a 13 year old girl
Posted by Neil Bruce | 01.06.09, 16:34 GMT
much easier and much cheaper
www.mobilelocate.co.uk
Posted by glentoran99 | 07.01.09, 20:02 GMT
What a waste of money. The amount of child abductions is absolutely tiny. This sort of scaremongering is symptomatic of the nanny state mentality that has developed in our society over the last 10 years.
Posted by Atta | 07.01.09, 14:53 GMT
I think this is a great idea! It is a shame though that it is so expensive. I donlt think people on lower incomes or single parents will necessarily be able to afford it. I feel this is a great product but perhaps only for those with a bit of money behind them.
Posted by Fionn | 07.01.09, 13:13 GMT
Fat lot of use this thing will be if the wee rascal deliberately "loses" it in someone's car and leaves the police on a wild goose chase!
Posted by Centaur | 07.01.09, 12:23 GMT
without wishing to appear too Orwellian I have always liked the idea of knowing exactloy where my kids are when they are out playing however I think this watch has so many flaws that it is not worth the money. 1) if it is for the purpose to prevent them being abducted then that is unlikely to work as any abductor can remove the watch immediately. ok there is an alarm raised if it is forceably removed but then it would be too late if bundled in a car. besides it could be removed fairly gently with teh abductors hand grasping the kids arm 2) I dont think any child playing outside with their friends would want to be seen to be waering a 'checking up device' put on by their parents. 3) you can just imagine kids mucking around with it and giving it to their friends who scoot off down the road. I have always liked the idea of 'chipping' your kids as what richer people in Mexico do in case of abduction. After all you can put a tracker on a car and a child is far more precious
Posted by soarer | 07.01.09, 11:43 GMT