h a l f b a k e r y"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
This app links to the park network service to find a digital
tag wristband and adds an
augmented reality icon that hovers over your child's head,
to help you locate them in crowds.
[link]
|
| |
Actually, forget the icon. Overlay their body with a
custom cartoon character of their real personality. |
|
| |
Make the band out of kevlar and steel cable, so a would-be
kidnapper can't simply cut it off the child. Although, I can't
help wonder what the advantage of this is over something
like Apple's Airtag. It uses augmented reality and has an
on-screen arrow that points at the tag you're tracking. In a
super crowded place like a theme park, there's going to be
PLENTY of iPhones (or even Samsungs if you want to use
their version) to provide an unbroken tracking network. |
|
| |
I am shocked to find out they don't have this already. Wait,
here's an adjunct bonus feature, speaking of "shocked", and I
was, why not give the little shit a gentle shock through the
wristband, that lets them know they best never wander off
again. |
|
| |
Inventive, useful [++] and creepier than Hunter Biden reading a fairy tale to a classroom of 12 year olds whilst sweating profusely[-] |
|
| |
Good idea. Surprised it hasn't been done yet. [+] |
|
| |
That's the thing though. It kinda HAS been done. That's
pretty much exactly how Apple's Airtag works. |
|
| |
Your proposed system does absolutely nothing to prevent
a stalker from still concealing something like an Airtag,
Smart Tag, or Tile tracker on someone to follow them off-
site. It's not like having a proprietary tracking system of
your own somehow negates the existence or threat that
those pose. |
|
| |
What network are you proposing to make this work, by the
way? WiFi? Because I don't think WiFi provides that kind of
fine location ability you're describing. That's a function of
ultra wideband. The ability to point at a specific item within
a WiFi network is one that doesn't exist to my knowledge. |
|
| |
Now, if you had the wrist tracker actually connected to
multiple routers simultaneously, you might be able to
concoct an app that triangulates its position and might be
able to do this. But currently I'm not aware of any device
that can establish multiple WiFi connections. The battery
would be shot within an hour. |
|
| |
Also, the inability of your proposed device to track anyone
outside the park is, in my view, a weakness not a strength.
If a child abductor manages to get a kid out of the park,
you've no ability to help authorities locate him. Using one
of the existing tracking systems provides some hope at
least of finding a missing child who's wound up outside the
park, and you could easily buy a bunch of iPhones or
Samsung Galaxy phones for the park and have them
positioned strategically around the park so there are no
gaps in the location field. That seems a lot stronger than a
proprietary system based on dubious tech. |
|
| |
Know what else does nothing to prevent stalkers?
Peacocks. Oatmeal. Fireflies. Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony.
They all should've thought about stalkers. Bloody
slackers. |
|
| |
This app was for places like the trampoline park
where you have to let your kids run around but still
want to know where to look because of things like
sprained ankles that occasionally happen. If a tag
suspiciously goes dark randomly in a place with
controlled exit locations it shouldn't be difficult to
find a suspect on a camera. |
|
| |
Triangulation could be achieved by the park's
networked sensors and have nothing to do with your
phone. Plenty of such trilateration devices exist with
1-2 meter accuracy.
Log in to the system over Wi-fi or even cellular to
follow a digital ID as the system simply has to
output a set of coordinates. |
|
| |