Few people know just how close we came to holiday disaster last December. The media kept the event hush-hush for the sake of the children. Today the time has come to share the story with the world so we can learn from the past and avoid another crisis in the future. The evening of December […]
With double digit growth of the use of fleet management tools in Europe we expect to see similar trends in the United States by 2018. A recent report from the analyst firm Berg Insight puts the number of actively deployed systems at 3.65 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 in Europe alone. The educated expectation is that there will be 7.10 million systems deployed by 2018 in Europe alone…
Think Uncle Sam has his eye on you? What if you found out your job did? For some professional NFL football players and a few NCAA college teams, turns out it’s not just paranoia. Many teams using GPS tracking to monitor vitals From playoffs to practice, GPS technology is being utilized for player safety to […]
Can you even remember what the world was like without GPS? It’s become so ingrained in the fabric of our lives that it’s hard to believe it’s been widely available for only 14 years. Even so, many countries are already hard at work searching for the next navigational system.
While you and millions of others may appreciate the convenience of having navigation and mapping apps as close as your smartphone, not everyone shares that sentiment. If lawmakers have their way, use of these apps may become as closely regulated as talking and texting while driving.
As GPS tracking has become more entrenched in everyday life, lawmakers have struggled with reconciling the technology with personal rights to privacy. For one Baltimore man, mandatory GPS tracking may turn out to be literally a lifesaver. In 2010, 22-year-old Lamont Davis was found guilty of a shooting during an incident on July 2 the […]
Today’s GPS system that tracks everything from aircraft to pets are based on cutting-edge technology that’s evolved over several decades. Yet did you know that you get through your daily activities using an internal GPS that’s just as sophisticated as the man-made ones?
Would Magnum, P.I. have been a 30-minute show instead of 60-minutes if GPS tracking had existed back then? Use of tracking devices has been growing within the private investigator community, making it yet another battleground in the ongoing privacy-vs.-technology battle. Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a bill that would strike a blow in favor of personal privacy.
As part of keeping you informed on everything about the uses of GPS did you know that cats are the newest target for GPS tracking? Cats are notorious for having an independent streak a mile wide. Add to that their penchant for small, narrow, out-of-the-way places and you have a situation that’s tailor-made for GPS tracking for cats. The founders of PawTrack are hoping that their device, created exclusively for felines, will put an end to the problem of stray cats.
It’s clear that the uses of GPS systems are limited only to your imagination. What other ways can you think of where this technology could make your daily life much simpler? Consider these other hard-to-track items that could be permanently removed from your missing list. Who knows they might just be the next thing that appears on the GPS market.
