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I was thinking the same thing (as in this resembles a GPS ankle-bracelet).

It sounds like the original research used a belt, which to me sounds like a more subtle device to wear:

> The original idea for North Paw comes from research done at University of Osnabrück in Germany. In this study, rather than an anklet, the researchers used a belt. They wore the belt non-stop for six weeks, and reported successive stages of integration.



I feel like a wired belt would raise even more troublesome questions. This situation will be more likely with a belt than an anklet:

https://www.dw.com/en/radiation-student-raises-fake-bomb-ale...




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