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The Cheerful Pikavu Keep Kids on Lockdown via GPS

by Amar Toor on December 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM

For whatever reason, parents nowadays seem more intent than ever on shackling their kids with GPS tracking devices. The latest product to add to the growing list of toddler house arrest devices is something called the Pikavu Express Locator. It's a spinoff of an earlier rendition, called the Keruve GPS Tracker, which was designed to corral the wandering elderly suffering from Alzheimer's. The sunny, bright-colored kiddie version includes a water-resistant watchband for your tot, a portable receiver, and uses all of four positioning systems (SBAS-GPS, indoorVision, VisionCellid, and T-GSM) to pinpoint the pre-schooler. The catch (in addition to all but guaranteeing that your kid grows up with some sort of weird cattle complex) is that this handy little lifesaver will cost you just over $1400.

We understand parents are worried about kids getting lost and winding up in trouble. But aren't there less humiliating, more human ways to keep tabs on your kids? It's a pretty radical alternative, but hand-holding might be just as effective. [From: Engadget]

Tags: childcare, children, gps, gps tracker, GpsTracker, keruve, kids, pikavu, top

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