If you’ve noticed a drone flying around the slopes at this year’s Winter Olympics, don’t be alarmed. The drone, equipped with GPS technology for navigation and video recording, is transmitting live video from ski jump and snowboard events. Drones with GPS like this one resemble a large flying insect and are becoming more and more […]
District court judge, Katherine Forrest, ruled it does not violate fourth amendment rights to use GPS tracking on cabs to ensure customers aren’t overcharged. The same technology that lets riders pay with credit cards also tracks the beginning and end of every trip, location, and number of passengers. Last year, a taxi driver sued the […]
“MyStop” is a new program launched in South Bend, Indiana, using GPS devices to track school buses and allows parents to check on bus arrival times and routes using an app on either a smartphone or computer. For some students, this means waiting in the warmth of their home instead of out in the cold. […]
New York City has launched “Plow NYC,” an interactive GPS tracking system that tracks more than 1,700 salt spreaders and snow plows working tirelessly to clear streets in the five boroughs. Residents can input their address to track snow plows on their street in real time. Chief Shari Pardini of the Department of Sanitation says, […]
Six Snow Leopards in India will be outfitted with GPS collars to track their behavior. The state wildlife department is hoping the study will provide valuable insight to better understanding these elusive cats. The leopards receiving the GPS tracking device live in the cold, northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh located in the Himalayas. The […]
Brazilian company, Nastek Tecnologia, is launching the Yon Bike Lamp, a bike taillight embedded with a GPS tracker. The tracker uses Telit’s GL865-Quad and connects to an app on both Android and iPhone allowing users access to riding statistics like time, distance, average speed, and calories burned. In addition to the GPS tracker, the light […]
“Avonte’s Law,” named after Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old boy who wandered away from school in October and was found dead in the East River in early January, would allot $10 million to pay for a GPS tracking device for every autistic child. The GPS device can be sewn into clothing, kept in a wallet, or […]
In what will easily be one of the more unusual GPS Tracking stories of the year, a man in the UK dumped a GPS device on the side of the road along with a pleading note. The husband, who was being tracked by his wife, discovered she was following his movements with a tracking device […]
A study conducted by researchers Kevin Bankston and Ashkan Soltani and published in the Yale Law Journal assigned an actual dollar amount to the cost of tracking someone via cellphone and, by comparison, it’s astonishingly low. A five-car operation ready to follow a suspect in any direction runs about $275 an hour. To track that […]
In the first study of its kind, scientists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization are tracking the movements of honey bees by outfitting them with tiny GPS tracking backpacks. Scientists put the bees to sleep in a refrigerator before fitting them with their GPS tracking devices. CSIRO scientists and engineers have partnered with […]
Pet GPS Trackers are certainly nothing new to the market, but Beluvv offers an alternative to the usual GPS tracker. The Puppy Tracker attaches to a pup’s collar, is water resistant, and uses Bluetooth technology rather than GPS or cellular technology. Using only Bluetooth means a longer battery life and smaller overall size. It also […]
For people with adventurous pets or children, the Trax GPS Tracking device might be a worthwhile gadget to purchase. The real-time GPS tracker includes an app with handy features to help the user keep a watchful eye on their pet or loved one. The app and fob work independently of one another meaning the user […]
The Indian government will move forward with an Rs 1,405 crore (approximately $226 million) project to install CCTV’s and GPS systems on public buses in hopes of improving safety for female travelers. The new system will track and monitor public transportation as well as provide panic buttons that directly alert law enforcement, leading to a […]
Residents of Milford, MA will be on the roads faster than most this winter thanks to new GPS Systems installed in the city’s snow plows. The Highway Department had money in the budget to equip 50-70 privately contracted snow plows with the new units. Highway Surveyor, Scott Crisafulli, elaborates on the efficiency of the new […]
Southern California is testing the efficacy of a GPS System in predicting natural disasters such as earthquakes and flooding. The GPS receivers are linked to a network that analyzes information in real time and that information can identify natural disasters before they happen. Researcher Yehuda Bock from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography located in La […]
Government researchers in Australia have tagged more than 320 sharks with small GPS devices in hopes of improving the safety of beachgoers in the region. When a tagged shark is within about a half mile of the beach, the GPS devices send an alert and a tweet is generated by Surf Life Saving Western Australia. […]
Florida is pioneering the use GPS systems to track firefighters. The Florida Forest Service hopes to prevent a tragedy like the one in Arizona that took the lives of 19 firefighters. When an unexpected eruption of fire left the firefighters facing a wall of flames, supervisors only had a rough estimate of where they were. […]
Every holiday season baby Jesus goes missing from nativity scenes all over the country. This year, Brickhouse Security is giving churches small GPS devices to attach to their figurines. The devices are monitored online and a text or email alert is sent when the figurine is in motion. For Reverend George Smith from St. Mark’s […]
