Nike and Ipod shoes can be hacked to be used as a GPS locator...

[simms]

http://dynamic.cnn.com/apps/tp/video/te...ivacy.king/video.ws.asx?NGUserID=false

Cheap method of getting GPS trackers..

 

[slpaulson]

So does this thing have a GPS in it? Or are they using some kind of triangulation to figure out where a person is?

 

[thehstrybean]

That's cool yet freaky at the same time...

 

[Mrvile]

That sucks. What kinds of nike shoes can use GPS? Are there chips in them?

 

[Rubycon]

It has nothing to do with GPS.

There's a plethora of things that have been on the market for years that can be adapted to do this.

 

[d33pt]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
So does this thing have a GPS in it? Or are they using some kind of triangulation to figure out where a person is?

that little button has gps. no need for triangulation. i bet it just uses nmea protocol to transmit to the receiver. then anyone with a little knowhow can tap into the signal to get the gps coordinates in realtime.

 

[uberman]

It seems fairly mundane to me. I play with radios too.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: d33pt

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
So does this thing have a GPS in it? Or are they using some kind of triangulation to figure out where a person is?

that little button has gps. no need for triangulation. i bet it just uses nmea protocol to transmit to the receiver. then anyone with a little knowhow can tap into the signal to get the gps coordinates in realtime.

why would the button have GPS exactly? they said they had to scatter a few around... sounds like triangulation to me

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
It has nothing to do with GPS.

There's a plethora of things that have been on the market for years that can be adapted to do this.

explain. the coordinates come from somewhere...

 

[EvilYoda]

yeah, if you watch the video, they have to set up receivers that just listen to the same signal that the little insert is sending to the ipod attachment. no gps. Just a localized tracking system...pretty cool if a neighborhood of moms set this up for their little kids though - I lived close enough to elementary school to walk there, so I guess if mom was paranoid and overprotective enough, she could track me all the way

 

[slpaulson]

So they probably just set up a bunch of sniffers that are on whatever frequency and channel to look for a certain ipod attachment id? Then they just figure out where it is by which sniffers catch it?

That doesn't sound that tough.

 

[Rubycon]

GPS uses the NAVSTAR GPS Satellite system.

This is just RFID technology.

The term GPS is incorrectly used just about everywhere these days.

 

[deftron]

Works like this


Not GPS

 

[0roo0roo]

right, like ur really gonna be able to setup a wireless network of recievers everywhere to track someone. fear mongering bs.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
It has nothing to do with GPS.

There's a plethora of things that have been on the market for years that can be adapted to do this.

explain. the coordinates come from somewhere...

from where u setup the recievers

 

[I Saw OJ]

Interesting, so if its RFID technology then its gotta have a range limit?