GTX Corp and BrickHouse Security Team to Protect the 2,000 Children Reported Missing Daily With GPS Personal Location Solutions
Monday, September 21st, 2009GTX Corp and BrickHouse Security Team to Protect the 2,000 Children Reported Missing Daily With GPS Personal Location Solutions New iPhone utility App – Code Mobile – from GTX Corp, together with the BrickHouse Child Locator, use the most advanced GPS PLS proximity alert technology to provide protection for children locally and nationally LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GTX Corp (OTC Bulletin Board: GTXO), a leader in 2-way GPS Personal Location Services (PLS), has partnered w
How to Fly Drones in Formation
Saturday, September 19th, 2009by DAVID AXE One of the biggest challenges in the world of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is how to get them to fly together, in formations or “swarms,” cooperating and not colliding. Developers are testing out a number of methods: proximity-detecting radars and lasers, computer models that treat each drone like a node in network, etc. But so far, nobody’s come up with something that is cheap and reliable enough for everyday use. Or maybe someone has. Richard Wagner, an aerospace engineer, wrote
YPG Canada Upgrades iPhone App
Thursday, September 17th, 2009YPG Canada announced today that it has released a new version of its popular iPhone app, including a new interface and, most notably, video. Other features (some existing) include: - Full access to merchant content, including video and photo montages - Business, Person and Reverse phone number look-up - Save to your favourites (My Favs) and/or address book - Share listing results with others via email/sms - Local proximity-based search using GPS & Maps - Direct connect to Voic
RFID-Enabled “Smart Cane” to Assist the Visually-Impaired
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Engineering students from Central Michigan University have developed a prototype cane for the visually-impaired that incorporates RFID technology to provide more data about the surrounding area. The “smart cane” is equipped with a reader that senses proximity to objects equipped with tags. As users approach obstacles, a sensor located inside the cane sends a signal to a small navigational system housed inside a shoulder bag, which in turn emits an audio alert that directs walkers accordingly. Fo
iPhone app tracks sex offenders
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Being convicted of a sex crime is probably one of the worst things that can happen to someone. With the Offender Locator app for the iPhone, it just got a little worse! The app uses the iPhone’s built in GPS and the national sex offender database to map out sex offenders in proximity to a given location. You ever wondered if your creepy neighbor likes to expose himself in public? This app can let you find out! It will even give you the information of the offenders. This can be an invaluable tool
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