TestingTracking Device

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Back on '96, two families in the Richmond area tested a newly developed item

for keeping kids within a preset parameter. Here were the problems we

found:

The product (the size of a pack of cigarettes.) was difficult to attach to

kids who have sensory issues - no neck bag , belt bag, waist band, prevented

kid removal.

THe sound emitted by the product - a high decibal sound- could be blocked

easily by trees or rocks and was 85 decibals - lound enough to scare the kid

but not really loud enough to alert an adult who was in the house.

Batteries didn't last long enough - only about 4 hours.

Just what we learned. How is this product supposed to work?

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

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>To: < >, " AnneMarie " , " Patti Mertz "

>, " Floryshak "

>Subject: Tracking Device

>Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:29:21 -0400

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>I received this from the ds site I belong to...

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>Liz

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> >I recently received an email from another group I'm in. A little boy

>wondered off and had drowned in their pool. I have been heartbroken and

>concerned about the many stories I hear about children who wonder off.

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>My dad is an investor for a company called Cats

>Communications(catscommunications.com). Their product is a tracking system

>in which you can track the location of the person wearing the transmitter

>and you will be notified if the person goes outside a designated parameter.

> I asked my father to talk to the owner about developing a product that

>could be used for young children. I got a call from my dad last week and

>they think they have a solution but need to get volunteers to test the

>product.

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>I am waiting for the owner of Cats to call me with the details. If you are

>interested in testing the product, please let me know. My son is too young

>to test the product.

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>Also, if you have any suggestions, thoughts, etc. that might help, I will

>forward this information on as well.

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>Sincerely,

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>Judy Chapman - mom to (16 yrs old) and Reece (14 1/2 mos. old w/ds)

>Liz

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>Success manifests in small daily events, not only in accomplishing great

>things- Remez Sasson

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