Saturday, April 22, 2006

Easy To Use Emergency Mobile Device For People At Risk


Easy To Use Emergency Mobile Device For People At Risk
Medical News Today - Validated for commercial use in the MobilAlarm project with funding from the European Commission's eTEN Programme, the small and simple mobile device allows users to place a call to a service centre in the event of an emergency, while satellite

Middleton & Sun Prairie Threaten
WKOW TV - Safety concerns have forced Sun Prairie and Middleton to plan a lawsuit against Dane County. "We feel forced in this position to fill a notice of claim which is the first step you take before you file a lawsuit," says Sun Prairie Council President

Cell Service Lets Parents Track Kids by GPS
NewsMax.com - Up until now, parents had to deal with a separate company or buy special equipment to track their children through their cell phones. Sprint Nextel Corp. becomes the first U.S. wireless provider to sell its own product when the Family Locator Service

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Sprint Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids


Sprint Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids
NewsFactor Network - Demand for parental controls in devices ranging from PCs to gaming systems has been increasing steadily, according to Parry Aftab, executive director of watchdog group WiredSafety. The challenge is to create services and products that are easy to use

Do you think the state should be able to track convicted sex offenders
Channel 3000 - MADISON, Wis. -- A state legislative committee has proposed forcing convicted sex offenders to wear bracelets that would let authorities track their position by satellite. The Global Positioning System (GPS) bracelets would cost more than $10,000 a

Eurotech presents the AVL Light
24-7PressRelease.com - An inexpensive low-power platform for real time vehicle tracking with enhanced communications capabilities /24-7PressRelease/ - UDINE, ITALY, April 06, 2006 - The Eurotech Embedded "AVL-Light" is a low power standard system platform designed for

Monday, April 17, 2006

Sprint users can track children via GPS


Sprint users can track children via GPS
Kerala Next - KANSAS CITY, Mo. Up until now, parents had to deal with a separate company or buy special equipment to track their children through their cell phones. Sprint Nextel Corp. becomes the first U.S. wireless provider to sell its own product when the

Sprint service can keep track of children
Seattle Times - With the help of technology, kids will no longer be able to claim they are at a friend's house or at school when they really aren't. Starting today, Sprint Nextel is launching a cellphone service that allows parents to pinpoint where their children

Sprint Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids
NewsFactor Network - Demand for parental controls in devices ranging from PCs to gaming systems has been increasing steadily, according to Parry Aftab, executive director of watchdog group WiredSafety. The challenge is to create services and products that are easy to use

GPS tracking: the high-tech ball and chain
Allentown Morning Call - He was serving a three-month sentence for forgery in Lehigh County. But instead of being behind bars, he moved freely within a miles-wide area while working as a salesman or doing everyday tasks such as food shopping. Still, authorities knew