Bill,
I am working for a company right now that is in the process of making a
'tracking device'.
I cannot go into details in public...
While it is not oriented towards tracking 'laptops', it certainly will be
small enough to do it.
I am going to approach my boss today or tomorrow and talk to him about this
as an additional market.
Regards,
James Jackson
Oztronics
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brooks,Bill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
> Yea! I'm serious.. are you kidding?
>
> This is a great product idea with great potential... and a huge market.
>
> I think a company could easily be formed around it or at the very least it
> could be a product for someone in the business already...
>
> Heck yea...
>
> I think I can pull together a team to design it an build it.. there are
> costs involved with development however... getting financing is not my
> strong suit. But I know a few guys that have managed to acquire 9 mil in
VC
> money before... it could be done. Let me make a few phone calls...
> We could go public in about 2 years... heck it might make a nice
retirement
> account for someone...
>
> Who knows... stranger things have happened before...
>
>
>
> Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> http://www.dtwc.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Price [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:14 AM
> To: (Designers Council Forum); Brooks,Bill
> Subject: RE: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> Pulling my tongue out of my cheek, Bill, you got my joke, I really do
> think it is brilliant and I have a couple bucks if you are serious!
>
> Sal
>
> Sally Price
>
> Senior PCB Designer
>
> NVISION, Inc
>
> 125 Crown Point Ct.
>
> Grass Valley, CA 95945
>
> Phone: (530) 265-1049
>
> FAX: (530) 265-1055
>
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Brooks,Bill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> Anybody have some investment capital to put into it? I'm ready... let's
> design it... where's the Samuel Adams Lager? We'll need at least a keg
> to
> get started... Let's see at 5 cents a share... times 2 million or so....
> hmmm... we could be going someplace with this...
> :)
>
>
> Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> http://www.dtwc.com
> http://pcbwizards.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Price [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:59 AM
> To: (Designers Council Forum); Brooks,Bill
> Subject: RE: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> I think you all have found another source of business, the design to
> secure both laptops and desktop computers! The last idea, having a car
> alarm hand held type device that can be activated as you walk away from
> it. Simply Brilliant! Let's go have a beer and celebrate.
>
> Sal :o)
>
> Sally Price
>
> Senior PCB Designer
>
> NVISION, Inc
>
> 125 Crown Point Ct.
>
> Grass Valley, CA 95945
>
> Phone: (530) 265-1049
>
> FAX: (530) 265-1055
>
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Brooks,Bill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:50 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> Or better yet. I might be more like a car alarm, with a key ring clicker
> that you activate if you leave it unattended for any length of time...
> and
> if someone disturbs the Laptop, it sends the alarm to you remotely on
> your
> clicker and sounds a local alarm and tracking device option...
> Just another possibility.
>
> Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> http://www.dtwc.com
> http://pcbwizards.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> Great idea Dee!
>
> If someone picked it up and moved it could have a screen pop up that
> indicated the Alarm system was activated... start screaming a siren
> noise
> and dial your cell phone to notify you... then transmit its location so
> it
> can be tracked. If the Lap top had a 'cell phone' type video camera
> built in
> you might even get a shot of the perpetrator!
>
> I like it...:)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> http://www.dtwc.com
> http://pcbwizards.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee Stover [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:03 AM
> To: (Designers Council Forum); Brooks,Bill
> Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
>
> A motion sensor - transmitter / receiver so the you have an idea when
> the
> laptop first gets on the move. Alarm goes off and tracking starts. That
> way you can get on the move to find it as soon as the alarm goes off.
>
> At 09:46 AM 10/19/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >Thanks George,
> >
> > The theft of Laptop computers seems to be more common than I
> suspected...
> >This could be an opportunity for a EE, a programmer and a PCB designer
> to
> >come up with an add on product that would protect or at least help
> recover
> >your laptop in the event someone tired to steal it.
> >
> > I like the idea of some sort of 'LoJack' tracker built into a
> Laptop...
> >I was discussing the subject with a friend of mine... One idea was some
> sort
> >of a virus-like program that occasionally pops up and asks for an ID
> and if
> >it's not forthcoming, the first time it's connected to the Internet it
> sends
> >e-mails out to the authorities with your Laptop's GPS location...
> >
> > Another idea was some sort of radio beacon that can be tracked with
> the
> >right equipment, but that might be rather expensive, how about say
> something
> >built into your cell phone for example... With text based cell phones
> it
> >could give you direction finding information... right over your
> phone...
> >that might make the chase more possible... and immediate. (you can't
> run or
> >hide... we will find you).
> >
> > I don't know if there is anything like this out there, but it sounds
> like
> a
> >great product enhancement... Laptops cost as much as Cars used to... in
> the
> >1970's anyway, and they are expensive enough that they qualify as
> 'Felony
> >Grand theft' larceny.
> >
> >Maybe if there is someone out there that wants to work on a project
> like
> >this we could get together and create a product and sell it to the
> Laptop
> >manufacturers.
> >
> >GPS receivers are very small now and easy to add into the Laptop
> geometry...
> >
> >It could work.
> >
> >Thanks for the kind words, George... I could find great satisfaction in
> the
> >'thermite charge' idea.. but I want my Laptop back... :(
> >
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >
> >Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> >PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> >Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> >http://www.dtwc.com
> >http://pcbwizards.com
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: George Patrick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:09 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events
> >
> >What a drag...
> >
> >It is an absolute hassle to lug everything around with you when you
> leave
> >the room, but with the way things are now it's the only way to keep
> things
> >like this from happening.
> >
> >Too bad they don't put thermite charges in notebooks that are set off
> by
> >cell phone (or LoJack trackers, but that's less fun to think about) ;D
> >
> >--
> >George Patrick
> >Tektronix, Inc.
> >Central Engineering, PCB Design Group
> >P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
> >Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
> >Phone: 503-627-5272 Fax: 503-627-5587
> >http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com
> >
> >It's my opinion, not Tektronix'
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >Brooks,Bill
> >Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:52
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: [DC] Warning... when attending events
> >
> >
> >Designers,
> >
> >I know some of you use laptop computers in your work as I do, and I
> just
> >want to share this experience with you so you do not have to experience
> what
> >happened to me and Mary Sugden last weekend...
> >
> >Mary was leading the CID+ Workshop and exam in San Marcos California,
> and I
> >was attending it along with some other fine designers. We broke for
> lunch
> >and were gone from the room for a very short time... only to return to
> the
> >room to find that someone of low scruples decided that our laptop
> computers
> >would make a great addition to their personal collections... Mary had
> to
> >continue the workshop and test from her hand written notes... it was a
> very
> >difficult experience. Mary was a real trouper and still did an
> excellent
> job
> >of covering the material and we went on to take the exam on Saturday.
> >
> >The most painful realization occurs when you recall that you left your
> >checkbook(s), and your personal information in your carrying case, and
> they
> >now know where you live, what your home phone number and work number
> is,
> >what your bank account numbers are, e-mail, stocks, you name it...
> etc...
> >etc.. Not to mention the data that you have on your hard drive, that
> you
> >have not backed up... Laptops are terribly portable... it takes only 30
> >seconds for someone to pass by and grab them and stash them for later
> >retrieval. We looked high and low and searched the entire area for the
> >thief(s)... and they had vanished.
> >
> >Mailing lists, passwords, lost reference information, jobs you may have
> been
> >working on, etc... this can be a very sickening experience...
> >
> >The laptops can be expensive, mine was over 2,700 dollars (a Dell
> Inspiron
> >8200 with 64MB DDR ram, 40G hd, leather case, high end video, extra
> >batteries... ugh...)and they are targets of thieves, who seem to watch
> and
> >wait for you to make a mistake or get careless for an instant, even
> when
> you
> >think your stuff is safe in the confines of a classroom environment...
> don't
> >let your equipment out of your sight... And think about what you have
> on
> >your computer... and what it would mean if someone managed to walk away
> with
> >it.
> >
> >Please don't let this happen to you...
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >
> >Bill Brooks - KG6VVP
> >PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I.
> >Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510
> >http://www.dtwc.com
> >http://pcbwizards.com
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