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SPOTTER BY KIDSPOTTER
Developed in Ireland, KidSpotter offers a turnkey solution to keep children safe – and parents worry free – at theme parks and other attractions. By integrating wireless and satellite networks together with mobile technologies, its designers claim it is the most advanced product of its kind.
Upon entry to a KidSpotter enabled venue, parents rent a Spotter wristwatch-style device for their child, on the front of which is a unique code. By texting that code to a five-digit number, the Spotter is then linked to the parent’s mobile phone. If parent and child become separated, the parent texts the word “help” to the same five-digit number and the location of the Spotter is returned to the phone, and to the venue’s own security.
The Spotter is the world’s only location device that works both indoors and outdoors, whilst being tamperproof and waterproof. It is lightweight, kid-friendly, and comfortable to wear. “KidSpotter technology delivers numerous benefits to both parents and venues,” says company co-founder Liam Darling. “First and foremost, it ensures the safety of children at the venue, and also creates a more enjoyable park experience, providing parents a peace of mind, while giving the venue an added revenue stream through the Spotter rentals.”
www.kidspotter.com Tape My Day
DVD WITH A DIFFERENCE Kees Albers, the man behind Tape My Day, reckons his product is different to all the other DVD systems that have come and gone from the amusement industry.
“I was looking for video system myself,” Albers tells Park World, “but every time I thought I had found someone they were gone. Then I found a Dutch company who had perfected the technology for the automobile and pharmaceutical industries and were looking for new applications.” Tape My Day differs from other DVD and ride capture products by using a single camera to track multiple persons in a single space, such as a ride or attraction. Images are then split into individual videos that can be sold as part of a DVD/download of a guest's day out. The system works using RFID technology and tracks its subjects by identifying a piece of clothing or other unique visual cue (“We can always find something,” says Tape My Day's Giel Sieben). Images are captured every 30th of a second and pieced together using intelligent information about probable movements to provide a high-definition moving image. Up to 100 people can be followed in a single space as large as 220 x 50 metres (11,000 square metres). Following tests with a Dutch football club, plans are now in place to
install Tape My Day at Snow Village in Saudi Arabia, a project being developed by Albers’ sister company Unlimited Snow at the Mall or Arabia in Jeddah. Because of local sensitivities, the system will only track male visitors. Integral to all installations will be the requirement to delete all unsold footage due to privacy issues.
www.tapemyday.com
ShowGuide Exhibitions and networking for amusement professionals
• March 15 to 17 IAAPA Leadership Conference Westin Gaslamp Quarter Hotel, San Diego, California, USA T: +1 703 836 4800 E:
dwilliams@IAAPA.org W:
www.iaapa.org/expos/leadershipconference
• March 16
TiLEzone Conference London Transport Museum, UK T: +44 1985 846181 E:
tile@andrich.com W:
www.tileweb.org
• March 15 to 17 IAAPI Amusement Expo
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India T: +91 22 6523 1643 E:
info@iaapi.org W:
www.iaapi.org
• March 23 to 25 RAAPA Expo VVTs (All Russia Exhibition Centre), Moscow T: +7 499 760 38 14/45 or +44 1905 360169
E:
show@raapa.ru or
tsi_ltd@hotmail.com W:
www.raapa.ru
• April 4 to 6 DEAL 2011 (inc. WWA Symposium April 3+4) Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE T: +971 4 3435777 E:
themeparks@iec.ae W:
www.themeparksdubai.com www.waterparks.org
• April 27 to May 2 HAuNTcon 2011 Crown Plaza Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, USA T: +1 877 270 1393 E:
hauntcon@gmail.com W:
www.hauntcon.com
• May 9 to 12
AALARA Exhibition & Conference Conrad Jupiters Hotel & Casino, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia T: +61 7 3807 3508 E:
info@aalara.com.au W:
www.aalara.com.au
• July 22 to 24
Asian Attractions Expo Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore T: +1 703 836 4800 E:
exhibitsales@iaapa.org W:
www.iaapa.org/expos/asian
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