GPS Tracking

Things in Plain Sight are Often Targets of Thieves

Electronics are Most Often Stolen

Source acquired via Bronx Times, June 3, 2010, New York – Anthony Amelio, a retired NYPD police lieutenant, chased after a burglar who stole a GPS tracking device from his neighbour’s Jeep. The burglar was apprehended by Amelio, who waited for 49^th precinct police to arrive.

On the morning of May 22, 2010, Peter Enea was woken from his slumber when he heard his neighbour, Anthony Amelio, running after a thief who had stolen Enea’s GPS tracking system. Enea’s car was broken into around 4:30 that morning, though the robber had no idea that retired lieutenant Amelio was awake and watching the whole scene. As soon as Amelio saw the robber break into his neighbour’s Jeep, he took off after the burglar. (more…)

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You Can Be the First on Your Block to Own a 3D TV

At least three major players in the consumer electronics business are expected to roll out mass-marketed versions of 3D television within the next few months.

Start saving your movie money. Building off the momentum of “Avatar” and “Alice in Wonderland,” big-screen movies with eye-popping special effects, Sony, Samsung and Panasonic are posturing for market dominance on a household scale. An electronics research firm estimates 1.2 million 3D TVs will be sold globally this year, exploding to 15.6 million units just three years from now (2013).

Depending on who you talk to (and considering the source), this might be the greatest thing to hit the home entertainment industry since the world converted from black and white to color television sets. (And surely, everyone over the age of 50 will vividly remember what lucky family on their block was the first to go color.) (more…)