Unfortunately there's a house full. 8 in total. These have been great ideas everyone. Thanks so much! <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 19, 2012 1:55 PM, "Ryan Parrish" <<a href="mailto:ryan@stickystyle.net">ryan@stickystyle.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Have you considered any "lower" tech solutions? My daughter used to think it was a riot to escape as well and I picked up a low cost wireless "alarm" system (probably ~$50) from Home Depot and put sensors up high on all the doors and the receiver in the middle of the house. I was able to set it up so in normal operation, anytime a door opened it gave a chime to alert me (sounded like a convenience store chime), and if I had to take a shower or something where I might not notice the chime I could arm it with a 4-digit passcode where it would make a much louder alarm noise I could hear anywhere. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:02 AM, David Cabot <<a href="mailto:dave.cabot@ossengineering.com">dave.cabot@ossengineering.com</a>> wrote: > My apologies that this isn't a ubuntu Q. I need some ideas though. > > I've got a child with Downs and he thinks it's funny to escape the > house. I've had strangers find him on the road. I've taken > preventative measures, but he's too smart. A real Houdini. > > Yes, there are products out there, but they're expensive and > subscription based. What I'm thinking is this. I need a device, > about the size of a watch, that's wifi enabled. I can embed an app on > it that will send a ping to a device on my local network. That > device, most likely will look like a linksys router with a speaker and > a button. If the receiver looses the signal for any amount of time, > then an alarm will go off. The button is for indicating that we're > leaving the house and not to monitor until the child gets back into > range. > > It's the "watch" that I need help with. I know that there are SD > cards that are wifi enabled. Has anyone since something like a watch > that's wifi enabled? > > Thanks, > Dave > > -- > Ubuntu-us-fl mailing list > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-fl@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-fl@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-fl" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-fl</a> -- Ubuntu-us-fl mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-fl@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-fl@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-fl" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-fl</a> </blockquote></div>