New device aims for paranoid-parent market
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New device aims for paranoid-parent market
The electronics-maker LG is, like many of its competitors, making a foray into wearable technology. However, this device has a distinctly different purpose — not to keep the wearer informed, but to keep a parent informed on their child.
The device, the KizON, is a child-tracking wristband — paired with the band is a smartphone app, where parents can look on a map and see where their kid is.
They can also call the wristband and talk to the child — if the child doesn’t answer, it will still connect to the child and hear surrounding sound.
While the device may reduce parental paranoia, it could be hard to get kids, especially older ones, to wear it
“It’s still think it’s going to have a steep climb for total acceptance, and probably easier is something that’s built into something your child already wants,” says Lindsey Turrentine, Editor in Chief of reviews at CNET.
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