The advance of new technology is always exciting for me. Seeing the latest breakthroughs finally used in new and interesting ways to give us new useful products really does put a smile on my face. Unfortunately, many of the most exciting products fail to make it to retail for general use for one reason or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two years ago, when we rescued a \ndog, I purchased a locator device for him. It had limited range but it \nwas small, inexpensive and worked perfectly well on 2 occasions\n when it was needed. This winter I bought a much-updated version of \nthat device that has reasonable range, replaceable batteries and a few \nnew features that I hope I won’t need but are there if and when I need \nthem. The current device is called a Tile Pro. The range on this \ndevice while much greater than the original is still limited, but for \nfinding a lost dog or wandering or confused senior citizen it really is \nquite adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have seen\n advertisements for a few competing products of late that have the \nability to post an actual set of GPS coordinates back to the searching \nfolks that promise to provide far greater flexibility than the Tile \nproducts, but they are still in development and will carry a monthly \nsubscription fee to make that ability possible. If one or more of these\n make it to actual retail exposure, I am sure they will be a sought \nafter product for many folks who have a desire to track and locate \nfamily members, devices, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those who don’t want to wait, \nyou can look at the various offerings from existing location device \nproviders including a cell phone. Remember that modern cell phones are \nmuch more than just a telephone. A careful choice of a phone for \ngrandma or an appropriately aged child can give you excellent tracking \nability or emergency locating ability in an emergency or simply add to \nyour peace of mind on a daily basis. And, yes, I do keep a locator in \nmy wife’s purse also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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