I have been attending CES since 1984 and reporting on it to the blind
community since the late 90s, first on Playback Magazine and more recently
on TechTalk. I will do that again January 23 at 5 PM Pacific time.
Most of the products are not GPS but I can tell you about one I saw last
night at the Press Unveiled event where there were dozens of very cool
products.
There were two companies with pet tracking and activity monitors, kind of a
FitBit for dogs. I have seen another company called WonderWoof the last
couple years as well.
The one I liked last night is a company called Kyon. They have a relatively
think rubber type collar with the electronics nicely built in. Other
products tend to be a bit bulky. Besides Bluetooth and GPS, this collar has
a mobile cell phone chip. It costs $249 and $4.99 per month for the tracking
service.
You can set the perimeter of your yard and if the dog goes outside of the
yard, the tracker will show the dog's position on a map. It also has a water
and heat sensor that can trigger an alarm on your phone. It has an
ultrasound generator that you can use to help train the dog not to bark or
the like.
It comes in various sizes and colors. I will follow up and announce whenit
comes out.
Mike
Michael May, CEO
Sendero Group, Davis California
Developers of accessible GPS
Sendero Phone: 888-757-6810, extension 101
Home Office: 530-757-6900
Email: MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com
General GPS web: http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
Mike May Personal: http://www.CrashingThrough.com