You probably remember how exciting it was when delivery services first began offering package tracking online. Suddenly, instead of just waiting for your purchase to arrive at your home, you could look up its tracking number and see when it was checked in or out of its most recent distribution center. A new GPS system
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To the Chicago Department of Aviation, GPS tracking on cell phones was a spectacular waste of money—to the tune of over $170,000. While the situation raises interesting questions regarding the effectiveness of cell phone GPS tracking vs. dedicated GPS devices, and poses an interesting problem for future GPS designers and implementers to resolve, the primary
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Laws of nature dictate that everything must deteriorate or decay. We see it in plants and animals as well as rocks and rivers. Technology is no different. Equipment wears out or breaks down, and advances in scientific knowledge make way for new methods and systems. In 2008, the United States Air Force selected Exelis in
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Earthquakes can be devastating, and scientists are hard at work trying to better prepare us for the next disaster. Researchers across the globe have been working on ways to more accurately determine the magnitude of large earthquakes, in order to warn nearby populations of the coming tremors. “We depend on seismic networks for early warning,
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Last year, Australia launched a controversial program allowing GPS tracking of convicted sex offenders. Now, the country’s legislators are hoping to expand the tracking program to lesser criminals. In January, a new sentencing option came into effect that allows judges to monitor criminals on community corrections orders for violence and substance abuse problems. “Currently, electronic
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Ensuring safety of the vaccinations we give to our children and loved ones is important. Some of these vaccinations require storage in a controlled environment, and to help achieve this goal during transport, Intelleflex has introduced a new GPS RFID reader and database in the cloud to monitor temperatures during each step of the transportation
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We’ve reported police use of GPS tracking devices to keep tabs on criminals here at RMT in the past, but GPS used to keep tabs on the cops? This is exactly what Mayor Rick Hoffman of Macungie, PA wants to do. He introduced the idea at a recent council meeting, explaining that the devices would
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We’ve provided extensive coverage of the recent Supreme Court ruling calling for authorities to first obtain a warrant prior to placing a GPS tracking device on a suspect’s car. The FBI is merely one of many agencies who have frowned upon the decision, arguing that it is just going to make their jobs more difficult
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We all know that our GPS devices work with the help of satellites that orbit the earth, but the technology is far more complex than that. Unless we know exactly where the satellites are, we can’t get an accurate location reading from them. A new effort from NASA aims to coordinate the four different geolocation
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Washington County, Maryland has about a third of the crime rate, statistically, of its sister city, Baltimore. The small county in Maryland seems a little bit slow to get started on the emerging trend of utilizing GPS tracking for parole violators in the area. A Pilot Program That’s Not Ready for Primetime In 2010, the
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