In an effort to have parents always know where their children are, Amber Alert GPS recently unveiled a new product called Amber Alert GPS 2G which allows parents to receive the location of their children via cell phone. Assuming the GPS is on and tracking, parents can simply send a text or call a number and find out their child’s location immediately.

We all love video games and watching television on our big HDTVs, but there is always a time for learning and a time for playing. At a young age, television programming and video games are detrimental to a toddler’s growing brain and can cause bad communication skills.

There is a study going on that has found that many toddlers are lacking good communication skills and could possibly spark screenings for speech problems. Some are skeptical to the severity of this problem but some researchers are saying that this problem is more common than dyslexia and autism. In addition, a tenth of all 2 year olds know nursery rhymes and, worse, know their own name. Knowing nursery rhymes and your own name is a true reflection on how good your parents are in giving you attention, which leads me to my next point.

So far I have looked at two sections of Obama’s policies: an open Internet and his aim for a connected democracy and infrastructure so it comes the turn of the final section: teaching adults and children of the world of technology.

But what does teaching children and adults actually mean? Let’s first address the children. The first thing that Obama will put in place is to make teaching Math and Science a priority and although this may not seem like it will affect IT, not only will this have subsequent effects to this industry, but remember that we are talking about technology as a whole, not just IT. Keep reading for the conclusion of this series.

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GPS has just recently delved into the realm of child locator systems and the like. As a byproduct, we have the SafeTrack GPS Child Locator. Brought to you by Gemini, this child locator functions as both a tracker and a cell phone. You can program two emergency contacts into the cell phone, once a child more »

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As I may have mentioned before, my son is way more tech savvy than I am already. This is not that I am any slouch, mind you, he’s just advanced. Yeah, he’ll be 2 next month. But to keep my boy on the cutting edge in music, his favorite pastime, Fisher-Price is answering the high more »