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An Idea to Encourage Exercise and Wellbeing using GPS Tracking

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I just read a story about someone who has cycled every road in London over a period of five years. He used a combination of GPS and colouring in the A to Z Map of London. On this video you … Continue reading →

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Why I think an Autonomous Vehicle Won’t Be Able to Reliably Guess Where a Pedestrian Will Go

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

In 2016, Volvo ‘promised’ that we would have ‘Deathproof Cars’ by 2020. That’s next year! You may also recall that about this time last year, an Autonomous Uber Volvo crashed and killed a pedestrian. According to the NTSB the car … Continue reading →

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Thousands of People in England and Wales to be GPS Tagged

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I just read this BBC story where after a 17 months pilot, the MoJ is going to put tags on thousands of criminals, mostly in preference to community sentences which are obviously expensive to manage. In the past they used … Continue reading →

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There’s a Facebook Stalker Waiting to Burgle Your Home

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I recently wrote an article on LinkedIn about how there are criminals who prey on people who put out ‘public’ posts about cool big boys toys or other items that they own. Things like shots of the boat on a … Continue reading →

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Where’s My Phone? How to make sure you can find it when it is misplaced or stolen.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

People misplace their mobiles often. I challenge you to say that you have never ever spent time trying to remember where you left it. The industry does really well out of mobiles that have been lost on public transport, airports, … Continue reading →

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What is the best GPS Tracking for Dementia Sufferers? – Two Types

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

Do you know someone who has dementia? Have they ever gone walkabout? Did you have to search for them? I’ve been there and we were lucky, we found her before she got run over by a car or had a … Continue reading →

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Finally a Device to Track Anything Like a Magpie Does

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

I’ve known Derek Handley and his family for a long time, since a young group of entrepreneurs won the NZ Wireless Data Forum’s mobile app competition (I was President at the time, helped conceive and judge  it) many many years … Continue reading →

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Anti-Abortion Groups Track Women Via Their Mobile Phones

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

When I first read this story in Salon I thought that it might be a hoax, then it turned up in other locations such as this Fortune story. Checking our the CEO of Copley Advertising on LinkedIn, he certainly has … Continue reading →

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This Map Shows How Large Europe’s Refugee Crisis Really Is

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Data visualization company Lucify used U.N. statistics to show the recent mass movement of people to the continent. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.takepart.com I was looking for a map that illustrates what is happening in Europe in relation to the … Continue reading →

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MAPPED: Shocking march of the far-right across Europe as migration fears reach fever pitch

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

FAR-RIGHT parties are on the march across Europe as the unprecedented migrant crisis gripping the continent fuels a surge in support for nationalist movements. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.express.co.uk I don’t have the answers and I don’t begrudge people wanting … Continue reading →

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