Lou, you'd better borrow my tinfoil hat for a while <;o) -- 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 Louis Dallara Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:47 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events Lets see if this get posted ??? They have been putting GPS's in servers for a while now, not sure how many are out there, because Of homeland security I guess.. The point is when you connect to a server you got the gps loction, unless you dialup Though a land line long distance to a remote server, then the GPS location wouldn't be accurate, but Most people dial local access points. Lou -----Original Message----- From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Jackson Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events Well, it looks like 'Trackit' would do what Bill is wanting. I guess I was going along the lines of being able to GPS the laptop - and track it real-time. A bit of a different direction. Regards, James Jackson Oztronics ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brooks,Bill" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [DC] Warning... when attending events > There you go... see, it didn't take them very long... (LOL) > > TrackIT - http://www.trackitcorp.com/ > > That actually looks like it would do the job for most of us, as long > as it was in the bag... and they stole the whole thing... > > Not bad. Thanks Tom... > > > 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: Hybiske, Tom [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:16 PM > To: '(Designers Council Forum)'; 'Brooks,Bill' > Subject: RE: [DC] Warning... when attending events > > There's already a product out to ensure your laptop doesn't "get legs". > It's called TrackIT. Costs around sixty bucks. > > Thomas Hybiske > Bose Corporation > The Mountain > Framingham, MA > > > Cool! Maybe we can collaborate on a design that incorporates it... > > > > Just make sure they credit the DC and these great designers for the > > ideas... > > Some contributions to the DC in the form of royalties would be very > nice... > > Heheh... A new laptop wouldn't hurt either.. LOL > > Just kidding.. :) > > > > Let me know if they think it's a viable product to use in the tracking of > > things like laptops or PDA's and cell phones.. etc... It might be just the > > thing for this sort of product... If it's pricey, maybe they could make a > > low cost version for consumer products... I was looking up some circuit > > diagrams for remote car alarm systems, there are a lot of published > > circuits > > available for devices like that... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------- > DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. > To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. 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