RoamEO Creates a Virtual Boundary and Also Tracks Your Pets by GPS

Lost pets are a common source of grief. Many people find it difficult to focus when their beloved dogs, cats, or birds are gone missing. With this little device, though, you can find that beloved pet, provided that you're within a mile of Fluffy, Skipper, Polly, or whatever you call you favorite furry, feathered, or otherwise-outfitted friend.

It's the RoamEO, a two-piece system that incorporates a GPS collar and a handheld receiver. (You can probably figure out which one goes on your pet.) The collar blasts out a signal for a mile in all directions, enabling you to track that signal relatively easily. Through the wonders of Global Positioning satellites and other hush-hush examples of modern technology, you can determine just how far away your missing pet is and in what direction you should travel to reclaim the recalcitrant vagrant (or varmint, as the case may be, if you happen to have a guinea pig for a pet).


The RoamEO, which retails for US$500, can be used to create a virtual boundary as well, letting you know when your pet has "jumped the fence." That cost might sound excessive, but true pet-lovers can't put a price on the love and companionship that man's or woman's best friends bring to their lives. Pet owners, take heart: The RoamEO runs on rechargeable batteries—that's a cost-saving, at least.




Written by Dan Browning
Published in Navigation