By the time the New York Times covers a new technology, it's usually pretty well along. This NYT article entitled "A Device to Track Missing People" about Jennifer Durst and partners receiving three patents (soon to be four) for a GPS-enabled pet and people finder caught my attention.
In a nutshell, the unit worn by a pet, child, elderly person, etc. is triggered to apparently place a cell phone call when a pre-programmed geographical boundary is exceeded. Transmitted to your receiver of choice is the GPS-determined location of the unit/wearer, updated frequently to enable searchers to quickly find them.
The possible uses projected and more that come to mind, seem to me to make this technology a sure success. Check out gpstracks.com for additional info.
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