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Since AngelSense is device agnostic, our analytics and application can work with different devices. We keep monitoring the market for new products, but so far have failed to find another device that meets our requirements.
We have evaluated quite a few watches. They all proved to have short battery life and due to their small dimensions, they all suffer from the inherent limitation of GPS technology in dense circuitry, which results in poor monitoring reliability and many false alerts (oftentimes there was no GPS reception even on school buses).
Also, many children with special needs have sensory issues and obsessive behavior. As a result, a watch that is always visible and noticeable will distract the child from educational and therapeutic activities.
We have evaluated about 90 devices and have selected as our first device one that supports our objective to provide the following key capabilities:
- Sufficient battery life to support
- Continuous 30-second monitoring for a full day covering all locations and transits
- Frequent 10-second GPS updates for our special Runner mode (to find a missing child). This is especially critical with special needs children when every second counts.
- Listen-In capabilities for well-being checks.
- High-quality GPS (SiRF 4 or equivalent, with high sensitivity)
- Robust and water resistant
From the AngelSense Blog:
Why Your Child with Autism Needs a BIGGER GPS Device
Proactive alerts to routine deviations and providing consistent location updates in poor GPS and cellular conditions are indispensable features. Supporting these capabilities require enough power to sustain the device and can only be achieved with larger battery size and an equally accommodating device.
