Jacket includes GPS tracker

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:00 AM EDT

Article Source: CNN

Parents may worry less about losing their child -- and the kid's expensive coat -- with a new piece of winter wear that includes a global positioning tracker.

The jackets, released this week by the British clothing company Bladerunner, have a GPS tracking device in the lining. The device can track the jacket anywhere in the world, within 43 square feet.

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David Berry

This might be a great item for parents to keep track of their kids but how will they like the monthly cost?

A children's tracking jacket costs $500, plus $20 a month for the tracking technology

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#1 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:02 AM EDT

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DebKee

Ouch! $500 for a child's coat? It's a great idea but only the rich and famous could do this.

How 'bout a tracking device to implant in to the kids? Or dementia affected elderly? Or my coffee mug??? :-)

Thanks for the seed David!

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#2 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:00 PM EDT

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Tedd Riggs

Or my coffee mug??? :-)

For that I would pay the $20/Month. For the kid ? nah.......

Actually for an older parent....not a bad idea at all..Actually I am surprised that the cell phone bill (I assume that is the $20/Month) is that cheap.

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#3 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:36 PM EDT

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David Berry

If the jacket was cheaper, with younger kids it's not a bad price.

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#4 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:18 PM EDT

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Tedd Riggs

My guess is that cost is paying for the upfront cost. GPS cost have come way down in price and I cannot believe that the hardware (GPS + Cellphone + Small amount of Software) is that expensive. UK prices, with the high VAT and general higher cost might have an effect on this also. It would be interesting to see if anyone else looks at this market what happens to the price.
At first I somewhat brushed this thing off, however the more I think about it, the more real world us I could see for hikers, search and rescue and yes...even kids !

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#4.1 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:08 PM EDT

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DAVID BERRY

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