Wednesday, 21 September 2005 |

The IonKids system from the firm Bluespan
allows parents to give their young children some autonomy in the
context of their environment to a certain point. The child wears an
aesthetically pleasing Wristag that has the capability of communicating
with a PDA-like Base Unit that would be near a caregiver. If the child
wanders too far away, the wireless communication kicks in and the
Wristag sends an alert to the screen portion of the Base Unit and the
parent can effectively locate the child's position. It seems like this
product is quite an upgrade to silver bells on the shoes. Kits start from $199, you can order from here by Isla Verde
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