AT&T to provide wireless service for Vitality GlowCaps, Apisphere dog collar

By Donald Melanson

We’d already heard about Isabella Product’s new Vizit photo frame that relies on AT&T for wireless service (and is available today), but the carrier has just now announced that it will also be providing service to two other fairly unique products. One of those is Vitality’s GlowCaps pill bottle caps, which are able to call or text you if you forgot to take your pills, and keep track of each time the bottle is opened and ensure that prescriptions are refilled before the bottle’s empty. The other announcement comes from Apisphere, which is working with AT&T on a SIM card-equipped dog collar that will let dog owners keep track of their pet. Details on it are otherwise still fairly light, but pet owners will apparently be able to establish a “geo-fence” where their dog can roam freely, and be able to receive a variety of alerts if Buster slips outside of the established parameters. Unfortunately, there’s not even so much as an image of the collar just yet (let alone a price), but it is expected to launch later this year.

Vitality GlowCaps

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/atandt-to-provide-wireless-service-for-vitality-glowcaps-apispher/

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