TAGG Tracker

[mcb]

I was disappointed with what I learned about the tracking collars, although there are types out there that we could use here if we didn't mind going around the neighborhood pointing the aforementioned yagi antenna. What it would cost is another matter.

I did look at a lot of different tracking collars and what I liked about the "Tagg" is that it doesn't engage the cellular service until it's a certain distance (defined by you) from the base station. In theory, the gps doesn't turn on until the animal has left the per-determined area. That might work for your kitties?

Where did you see that? It's quite possible that it uses Wi-Fi (or even Bluetooth) at closer ranges. The collar device communicates somehow with the docking station and the Qualcomm chip seems more likely to include Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth than a proprietary method. This could greatly improve battery life (not to mention your pet's life) but it still represents an EMF hazard (and perhaps especially to a 'chipped' pet). The range for local communication would more likely not be the defined "Tagg zone" but just whatever it was -- wherever the local link signal was strong enough to use. I would expect the coverage pattern to be similar to ordinary home Wi-Fi.

I find the website photos showing the device positioned over the thyroid gland particularly disturbing for some reason. I don't see any way you would know from looking at statistics how much disease was caused by devices like this, but as with humans it seems inevitable that there will be some. There is quite a bit of disease being caused by human cell phone use, and a person that takes the trouble to enquire will learn about it. For everybody else, "it's safe because we say it is safe." The same applies here.

 

[mcb]

..."smart meter to your wrist" ...

Believe me, I did not write that with a straight face. :)