GPS-ified school blazers let parents track kids
Posted Apr 14, 2005, 12:19 PM ET by Donald Melanson
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Schools in Japan have been using
RFID to keep tabs on students for a while now, but parents over there will
soon be able to keep take kid-tracking to the next level thanks to GPS tags
built right into their school blazers. The GPS-enabled blazers are made by
school uniform maker Ogo-Sangyo Co with GPS technology provided by Secom Co.
In addition to letting parents track their kids, the terminals also have a
panic button that children can push in an emergency, immediately summoning a
security agent to their exact location.