All the stories tagged with: tracking
BiKN iPhone case turns it into a homing beacon
11/11/2011, Treehouse Labs have recently announced the BiKN (pronounced as “beacon”) for the iPhone. Basically what it comprises of is a casing for your iPhone, the myBiKN app and a set of clip-on tags which can be attached to just about [...]
GPS Shoe helps track patients with Alzheimer’s
10/26/2011, If you know someone with Alzheimer’s and you’re constantly worried about their whereabouts and welfare, Aetrex Worldwide and GTX Corp have developed the GPS Shoe, which as the name implies, will allow caregivers or family members to keep track of [...]
DoCoMo Tracks Calories With Food Photos
10/03/2011, [CEATEC 2011] Japanese carrier DoCoMo is demonstrating a research project that aims at tracking one’s calorie intake by recognizing meals based on photos. As you can imagine, this would be a “low-maintenance” way of tracking that kind of information, as [...]
Find My iPhone used in Chilean search and rescue operation
09/07/2011, While location data and tracking may be frowned upon due to their invasion of privacy, it seems that there are more noble uses for it. In recent news there has been a report on the Chilean airplane crash, where the [...]
Microsoft investigates location data collection accusations
09/06/2011, Last week Microsoft was sued for allegedly collecting location data from it Windows Phone users despite them opting out of sending location data on their phones. This week, Microsoft has responded to the lawsuit with a statement saying, “Microsoft is [...]
Facebook knows which sites you’ve been visiting
06/02/2011, Facebook is on its way to world domination. It’s pretty much impossible to discover a website that doesn’t have a Facebook “Like” or “Share” button anymore. If you’re wondering why, it’s because the Facebook buttons appear on a third of [...]
iPhone tracking bug fix coming, says Apple
04/28/2011, Steve Jobs might have denied that iOS performs tracking illegally, and his stand is backed by Apple (naturally) by stating on their website that “the iPhone is not logging your location. Rather, it is maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots [...]
Apple speaks up about iOS tracking issues
04/27/2011, After about a week of silence, Apple has finally spoken up about the whole debacle surrounding the iOS tracking issue. In a press release today, the company has come clean about what the iOS does and how it obtains your [...]
S-911 GPS Tracking Bracelet helps patients with cognitive disorders
04/26/2011, Adiant Solutions, a company known for its GPS safety and tracking solutions, has just announced the availability of their new S-911 tracking bracelet. The S-911 is a tracking bracelet that is designed to give a peace of mind to folks [...]
iOS tracking allegedly denied by Steve Jobs
04/25/2011, Last week we reported about your iOS device keeping tabs on you wherever you go, and how easy it was to read the database containing your location data. As usual, this location-storing issue caused a huge stir among the internet [...]
Kinect used to control DIY Eye of Sauron
03/18/2011, Fans of Lord of the Rings are going to love this new way to use the Kinect. The Technology Studio in UK recently uploaded a video of a giant eyeball that used the Kinect’s motion sensors to detect people walking [...]
Head Mounted EyeSeeCam Tracks Your Eyes
05/26/2010, Ever been in the scenario where you wish your computer knew what you were seeing and if it could track where you’re looking at? The EyeSeeCam might be what you’re been looking for. This rig is attached to your face [...]
Eyeballs get tracked thanks to new algorithm
05/25/2010, Eye-tracking handsets are one step closer to reality, courtesy of an improved iris recognition algorithm. The boffins over at the Dartmouth College managed to come up with an advanced iris recognition algorithm which has been christened as the Eyephone (cheeky [...]
