Ankle bracelets for everyone!
From NaviGadget:
Spanish brand Keruve has come out with a GPS device designed to keep an eye out for Alzheimer’s patients.
The system consists of a special bracelet and a PSP like handheld device that can show the location of the person wearing the bracelet. Speaking of the bracelet; it is water resistant and it can only be taken off using a special tool.
According to Engadget “it can also apparently fall back on cell tower triangulation (otherwise known as A-GPS) provide a location when regular GPS is unavailable”.
So what we have here is a device perfect not just for finding your favourite senile uncle, but also for any would-be stalker, controlling spouse, un-trusting parent, or anyone else who just can’t bare to not know where someone is.
That’s the Con side. The Pro being, you could stalk yourself, ie lifelogging. And I am sure this could be incorporated into some neat RL/ARG games.
via medGadget
We all heard recently about the ill health effects of keeping a cell phone strapped to our bodies all day because of possible links to cancer and yet the Justice system has no problem with endangering peoples’ health by strapping these devices to peoples’ ankles for months even years at a time. Why are we (society) allowed to do this to people just because they are offenders? Breaking the law does not deprive you of your right to good health.