New York – Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society’s every move. “It should be impossible for an airliner to go missing” in an age when people can track their phones and cars to…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month launched a program to give GPS devices to some parents caught crossing the Mexican border illegally with…
Mansfield, Ohio – Police recovered a Chevy Impala reported stolen Friday morning by a 48-year-old woman who told officers someone apparently took car keys from an end table just inside her front door. Police tracked the location of the moving vehicle using a GPS device kept in the car. An officer activated emergency lights for…
High Tech Pet announces plans to launch the world’s first GPS dog tracking collar with invisible fence capability. The new “Super Collar” is also a remote dog training collar, real-time health and activity monitor and fitness trainer, all controlled via the pet owner’s smart phone. VENTURA, Calif., Dec. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB…
NORMANDY PARK, Wash. — When Dr. Daniel Gilbert complained for months that someone was taking his hanging flower baskets from in front of his dental office, Normandy Park Police took his complaint seriously. “No matter how small of an investigation, we’re going to try to take it to completion. That’s what the citizens of Normandy…
In the first trial of its kind in Australia, 1,000 cars in Perth will be fitted with GPS trackers in a bid to reduce car thefts. With immobilisers fitted in 90 per cent of vehicles in Western Australia, police have seen a spike in the number of home break-ins with the sole purpose of stealing…
You may think you can outsmart the road authorities, but soon it won’t just be their speed cameras keeping an eye on your driving. General Motors is set to become the first car manufacturer to install eye-tracking technology in its vehicles, according to a recent report. The feature will allow cars to track drivers’ eye…
The California sun wasn’t the only thing shining on the American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition held recently in San Diego. It appears the economic outlook is an increasingly bright one as well. All four panelists participating in the popular ‘The Economy and its Impact on Trucking’ session had positive developments to share…
With the current economy and the industry-wide spike in repossessions, many dealers and lenders have looked to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and starter-interrupt devices to help them manage their portfolio risk. These devices are far from being a panacea—and far from a collections solution “in a box.” But this technology, however, taken in tandem with…
Audi is the first automaker to be granted a permit by California to test drive driverless cars on the state’s roads. “Audi is a driving force behind the research taking automated driving from science fiction to pre-production readiness,” said president of Audi of America, Scott Keogh, “Obtaining the first permit issued by the state of California…