Article Abstract:
Teletrac Systems, Inglewood, CA, has been marketing its 'vehicle locator' service since Dec 1990, in Southern California. The company, which already has 3,000 customers, plans to test its service later in 1991, in Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; and Dallas, TX. The system works like this: subscribers buy a radio transceiver unit, which is about the size of a paperback book and costs about $700. Such devices are made by four companies - Mitsubishi, Samsung, Kenwood and Audiovox. Teletrac itself charges a $45 quarterly fee. Teletrac's customers hide their radio devices somewhere in their cars, and if a car is stolen, Teletrac can pick up a signal from it via 40 receiving antennas located throughout Southern California. The radio devices send and receive signals over ranges of frequencies so they are difficult to jam. Teletrac works in cooperation with law enforcement agencies.
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Article Abstract:
Jody Dole, an innovative photographer, is making high-quality digital color prints using electronic photography equipment. Dole periodically travels from his studio in Manhattan to the Cactus Corp to collaborate with Romit Bhattacharya, the pres of Cactus, in working on techniques and applications that involve electronic technology. Dole works with a Macintosh IIfx microcomputer, Cactus imaging software and a Versatec 8944 printer. Dole is a careful commercial artist whose goal is to makes pictures of ordinary objects transcend themselves in revealed beauty. Five of Dole's pictures will be on exhibit in 'Invitation to a Dancing Eye' from Jun 9 to Aug 31, 1992, at Image Bank, at 111 Fifth Ave, in New York City.
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Article Abstract:
Canadian company iCraveTV.com was closed down after it lost a lawsuit to US-based Motion Picture Association of America. The company redistributes live broadcast TV programs over the Internet. Redistribution of TV programming in the US is illegal without permission from TV program owners. US users of iCrave's programming could easily get around iCrave's barriers designed to keep non-Canadian viewers out. ICrave now has a patent in for new technology that can pinpoint users geographically and keep non-Canadian viewers from viewing the programming.
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic: