Tag: GPS LOCATOR

If you think GPS-equipped devices are strictly for bad drivers or novice hikers, you may want to reconsider. Edmonton, Alberta's Josh Brown, 21, was rescued last week, and is now recovering, from a climbing accident that saw him fall close to thirty feet onto hard ground, according to CTV Calgary. Brown, who suffered fractured ribs and vertebrae, was climbing in Banff National Park when he ...

The folks at U.K.-based Lok8u say they have a solution to the major flaw of GPS locator devices: most systems only track the technology and not the actual person or product you want to monitor. That's because a kid can ditch the backpack in which you've placed a location device or, worse, a ne'er-do-well type can remove the GPS locator from the kid – leaving the concerned parent without ...