Tag: TRACKING

Little known Lok8u has traveled all the way from the UK to be in Vegas this week, but it's certainly not for the despicable reasons you think. In fact, the locations services company is setting up shop at CES in order to debut its Nu•M8 GPS child locator, a so-called "innovative new best friend for parents and children." The device is said to be the first of its kind created specifically to ...

Just under a year ago, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced his hopes that one day he could pinpoint the location of his black Labrador, Koni, at any time of the day. Today, a dream has been realized. Mr. Putin has finally procured a satellite collar that will enable him to track the lab regardless of which of the eleven times zones she may be in while waltzing through Russia. Once ...

Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? Then maybe you need a little CitySense. This activity aggregator from a Columbia University professor tracks users by the GPS capability of their mobile phones (in this case BlackBerrys, but an application for the iPhone is coming soon) and maps out where everyone is in a city. The initial use, for business and marketing, is obvious. See where the people ...

Intel is joining forces with a bunch of other heavy weights in the computer industry, including Absolute Software Corporation (a data protection and hardware tracking company), BIOS maker Phoenix, Utimaco (a data security company), and McAfee, along with manufacturers Lenovo and Fujitsu, to create ATT (Anti-Theft Technology). Company representatives were short on details about the technology, ...

Verizon Wireless is getting in on the friend-tracking game, offering a $3.99 per month service for its GPS-capable phones that allows a user to note the location of a friend or where a picture was taken. The service, called Loopt, allows people to share their location with anyone in their contact list or in their AOL Instant Messenger list. Privacy controls are in place so each user adjust ...

Biometrics refers to the study of identifying you by some physical characteristic. For ages, the fingerprint has been the ideal choice for identifying you without your express consent. These days, computerized surveillance cameras and a variety of other tracking techniques can automatically identify you by your body shape, the position of your facial features, and even the way you walk. With ...

Every high school student's worst nightmare is about to come true. No, not the one about showing up naked to class -- the one where your parents and your school can track your every move. British company Trutex has come up with a way to sew satellite-based tracking devices into school uniforms. Trutex argues that 59 percent of British parents are "interested" in purchasing the GPS-enabled duds ...