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Mobile tech HitchBOT robot to cross Germany

01/21/201501/20/2015 Julie Campbell

After having made its way clear across Canada during the summer of 2014, the experiment is headed to Europe. A hitchhiking robot called the HitchBOT, that uses mobile tech to relay its progress back to its creators, was sent on a trip, last summer, and made its way from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Victoria, British Columbia. Now, in partnership with a German science television program, it will be headed to Europe for new adventures. Even though the HitchBOT uses mobile tech, it is actually a relatively simple and basic…

Mobile devices to collect data from hitchhiker robot’s journey across Canada

06/23/201406/20/2014 Julie Campbell

The HitchBOT is going to attempt to make its way across the country while accumulating info over 3G networks. While the HitchBOT may look anything but high tech, with a plastic bucket for its body and pool noodles for its arms, it contains mobile devices that will help it to collect a tremendous amount of retrievable data throughout its journey across Canada, provided that it is within range of 3G network service. The hitchhiking robot will start its unique trip on July 27, beginning in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The goal…

Mimvi prepares to launch new discovery application powered by augmented reality.

09/27/201109/27/2011 Jennifer Goula

Mimvi Inc., a developer of mobile applications for smart phones, has entered the arena of augmented reality with a new product that it hopes will change the face of Internet discovery. The company is known for its innovative discovery technology, which is a form of search engine, that combs through data and suggests content that users may find interesting. The company has been exploring the world of augmented reality for several months now and has produced new discovery technology that will make use of AR. Called Project Jupiter by developers,…

U.S. courts wrestle with legality of using mobile device location data to track criminals

08/25/201108/25/2011 Jesse Collins

Congress and courts across the country are working to understand the balance between a criminal’s right to privacy and the need of law enforcement to be able to locate criminals, as they debate over the use of global positioning systems (GPS), which are a technology commonly found in most new mobile phones and other devices, for tracking criminals. In Maryland, U.S. District Judge Susan K. Gauvey, has denied federal authorities a warrant that they were seeking in order to locate a suspect through the use of the GPS data in…