The Department of Homeland Security is using GPS-enabled ankle bracelets to track families caught crossing into the country illegally and released into the U.S. Earlier this month Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a program that provides some parents with GPS devices. Adults caught crossing illegally in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley were given the GPS-tracking devices and […]
In a bid to keep up with technology and companies like Uber and Lyft, Little Rock Yellow Cab has launched a mobile app. The app, “Taxi Hail,” is similar to Uber’s app and gives customers the power to request a cab, bypassing the call center. Taxi Hail provides customers with the car make, color, and […]
Every year, Baby Jesus’ all across the country go missing from their mangers, usually at the hands of some misguided (and intoxicated) teenager. Baby Jesus, however, is wising up and hoping to stay put. Brickhouse Security, the company that made a security system specially for Airbnb hosts, is offering free GPS tracking devices to any […]
Wüf isn’t just another doggy GPS tracker, it, in theory, aims to improve the relationship between dogs and their owners. Trackers and sensors in the collar keep tabs on the dog’s sounds, movements, and activities while at home alone. Pet owners can speak to their dogs through the speaker and also make the collar vibrate […]
It was the proposal heard around the world thanks to GPS tracking technology. Japanese artist Yasushi Takahashi quit his job in 2008 to embark on his now-famous journey across Japan to create the unique proposal. Over the course of six months, Takahashi covered almost 4,500 miles, mostly on foot, but sometimes by bicycle, ferry, or car. He […]
Notre Dame is one of only a handful of colleges utilizing GPS tracking systems on student athletes. Most recently, the women’s basketball team was outfitted with the GPS devices, giving coaches insights on athlete performance, and allowing them to strategize, optimize, and prevent injury. Assistant director of strength and conditioning, Craig Cheek, tracks over 300 data […]
Industry experts at the Institute of Car Fleet Management annual conference are advising fleet managers to prepare for some quick changes in vehicle technology in the coming years. According to Dr. Nick Reed, a TRL Senior Academy Fellow, “How we drive cars in the next 20 years will change more than the way we have […]
There’s been plenty of talk, and even some action, about equipping suitcases with GPS tracking devices to help people keep tabs on their bags and prevent lost luggage. Trunkster is the latest and greatest in smart suitcase technology. The bag doesn’t have zippers, rather the top slides open like the old roll-top desks, and the […]
Thomas Beatie, who was born female but underwent a partial sex change, rose to fame in 2007 after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination. Beatie has been arrested and charged with felony stalking for using a GPS tracking device to stalk his ex-wife, Nancy Beatie. The tracking device was discovered after a public safety officer helped […]
Soon, cellphones will be able to do more than use GPS tracking to show a person’s physical location, they will be able to tell what floor of a building a person is on. The spread of barometric-pressure sensors in phones, like Apple’s iPhone 6 and a handful of Android devices, are largely to thank for the […]
A Massachusetts man has been indicted for using a GPS tracking device as a tool to arrange a violent attack on his estranged wife and her lover. Hubert Hartley was upset and angry after his wife left him for her new boyfriend and took their children with her. Hartley had threatened to kill her or to have […]
The Air Force is testing its first all-electric vehicle fleet at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California. The 42-vehicle fleet consists entirely of plug-in electric vehicles and came about thanks to a partnership between state, federal, and private energy organizations. The Department of Defense is also using this opportunity to showcase budding vehicle-to-grid […]
Arccos, a Stamford-based company, is marketing what it claims is the first real-time GPS system for golf. Sal Syed, CEO of Arccos, believes this stat-tracking system can answer golfers’ immediate questions, such as what club should be used next or how far their last shot went. “We offer a true analytics package, and understand that we […]
This year, six drivers who operate fleet vehicles for Frito-Lay North America exceeded more than 3 million accident-free miles and 24 fleet drivers surpassed 2 million miles. Together, they are just a handful of the 106 drivers in Canada and the U.S to be recognized by the company for driving more than 1 million miles accident-free. Frito […]
A GPS tracking device commonly used by car dealerships helped Pennsylvania police locate a kidnapping suspect. This past Sunday, a 22-year-old woman was seen being dragged into a Ford Taurus by the suspected kidnapper. Authorities used a GPS device, previously installed on the car by the dealership because of the owner’s poor credit, to track the […]
A Montreal fleet management company that manufactures systems for ready-mix concrete firms has solidified plans to open a U.S. headquarters in Oakland, Maine that will house up to 20 employees by the end of 2015. According to the president of Road King Technologies Inc, Harry Marks, the company has been working on a U.S. location […]
As San Diego struggles through a third year of a severe drought, the city has introduced its “Waste No Water” app. The app, available on both iPhone and Android phones, gives citizens the power to help conserve water by reporting waste and using the GPS Locator in the app to pinpoint where the water waste is happening. Some water […]
Activists are using GPS tracking technology to survey illegal loggers in the Amazon. Amazon campaigners conducted an undercover operation to reveal the extent of illegal deforestation by loggers in the Amazon. Greenpeace Brazil handed their evidence over to local law enforcement who are expected to perform raids early Wednesday. Aerial and satellite images were also collected during the […]
