“Phone home without a phone” using SPOT, a personal tracker that employs GPS satellite technology to keep tabs on your whereabouts. The waterproof and floatable SPOT tracks your progress when traveling and sends messages to family and friends from anywhere in the world—even out-of-the-way places where cell phones won’t work. In case of trouble, a press of its 9-1-1 button triggers a call for help.

Price: $170, plus $100 annual service fee Contact: Findmespot.com

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us