Mother Tracks Teenage Son Adventures Using GPS Tracker
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In an interesting use of technology, a worried mother in UK has asked her son to carry a GPS tracking device as he goes around the world on a gap year trip. With the help of GPS technology, Rachel Wilder can now exactly pinpoint the location of her teenage son Harry within a distance of nearly 15 feet from his body. Harry, who incidentally starts at Oxford Brookes University this September, is also quite comfortable with the tracking device and he hopes...
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