Archive for July, 2005

School System Joins the Smart club

All buses equipped with tracking devicesSatellite system eases concerns of parents
By Lois K. Solomon Education Writer
Posted July 31 2005

A new satellite system will help answer a question frequently asked by parents: Why isn’t my child home yet?All 600 of the Palm Beach County School District’s everyday buses were equipped this summer with global positioning [...]

Lifetime GPS Tracking

Tracking sex offenders forever
SOME STATES REQUIRE LIFETIME GPS MONITORING AFTER PRISON TERMS END
By David A. LiebASSOCIATED PRESS
Technology that helps the military align targets and motorists find their way is being tapped to track some sex offenders forever….
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http://tinyurl.com/d6a32
Pretty interesting stuff .. this article is in at least 115 newspapers [...]

Are all the brains in Canada?

Liaison CAN/US Courier Deploys RFID Infrastructure across Fleet
By Editorial Staff Freight forwarder taps Ship2Save for radio frequency identification-enabled solution to boost productivity, provide value-add for customers Montreal — July 29, 2005 — International freight forwarder Liaison Can/Us Courier has deployed a radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled infrastructure across its fleet of trucks in an initiative that [...]

Teen GPS Tracking - A Good Thing?

There have been a number of companies who have “nibbled around the edges” of providing service to parents wanting to supervise their teens. The primary focus on this potentially big business has been from cell phone providers. They, of course, see this as a way to pack on some options, but tracking [...]

Memphis police surprised by initial lack of help by OnStar

…. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Memphis police thought they’d have an easier time locating the vehicle of a man killed in a carjacking because the S-U-V had OnStar.But the process of finding Frederick Houston’s 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe and his murderer became problematic because of the 35-year-old man’s death Friday night…. Read the whole story here: http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3552633
One of [...]