A location tracking system designed to locate children leveraging both WiFi and RFID has been deployed in a Japanese school district. AeroScout, along with a group of Japanese companies, including Nissan Motor Company, has developed a system that uses standard Cisco WiFi access points to locate children wearing tags as they walk to and from school. In addition, automobile drivers are alerted to the presence of nearby children through a voice service, to reduce accidents in residential city areas. When a child reaches pre-set points along their route, the system will notify their guardian. In addition, a kid can call for help by if a need arises by pressing the Call Button on the tag, which will immediately alert a designated recipient.

This is a really good idea and hopefully this will migrate our way in the near future.