...will track the where-a-bouts of not just children, but for people with mental conditions such as, Dementia or Alzheimer's. The goal is to build a shoe that is comfortable and stylish, but can track a person without any boundaries. The research showed that out of 100 people between the ages of 12 to 50 that had done a survey on would they where a sneaker that had a tracking device inside the results was mixed. Surprisingly 40% said that it would be invasion of privacy and wouldn’t wear the shoe, but a whopping 60% said that they would. Throughout this paper you will see the need for a shoe of this caliber. It is better to have safety, then to have a loved one missing for years. The shoes will go through a shoe press, this process takes the materials, such as leather or clothes shape the shoe into various parts, but in this process the GPS tracking device will be securely implanted in the tongue of the shoe. The GPS device will have a special plastic coating on it to prevent electrical shock or water damage to the device itself. The materials used will be made based on the style and type of shoe that is being manufactured. Leather would be used to make the running style, dress, and casual shoes. A cloth material will be used for tennis style shoes and causal walking shoes. Using a machine to produce the shoes, you will get more products in less time, then if you were to make the...
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... Engineering and Technology Vol. 2, Issue 3, March 2013 Mobile Tracking Application Radhika Kinage1, Jyotshna Kumari2, Purva Zalke3, Meenal Kulkarni4 Student, Department of Computer Technology, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India1,2,3,4 Abstract: Personal Tracking Systems are the tracking devices specially built up for personal information. The person takes it with him and the information of where he is presently is provided. The same system has been implemented in this mobile tracking application i.eTrackMeApp but various extended features that the existing system does not have. This system is GPS enabled android mobile phone whose location is tracked. Our application provides the functionality of defining the geo-fence areas as safe, risky and highly risky. Keywords: GPS, TrackMeApp, geo-fence, A-GPS I. INTRODUCTION Various GPS-based tracking systems have been successfully deployed and utilized in various applications such as fleet and vehicle location identification, and in route guidance. Recently, systems that integrate GPS and GSM technologies with Google earth to provide real-time data have also been proposed. However, for indoors and closed environments GPS systems fall short and it becomes difficult to acquire the necessary satellites for accurate position computation. Some of the alternate techniques that are proposed for indoor location tracking include the integration of Bluetooth technology with 3G networks....
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...arising from the Real Time Tracking and Monitoring of People Using GPS-based Location Services A. Mcnamee University of Wollongong Publication Details This thesis was originally submitted as McNamee, A, Ethical Issues arising from the Real Time Tracking and Monitoring of People Using GPS-based Location Services, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (Honours), University of Wollongong, 2005,71p. Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: research-pubs@uow.edu.au Ethical Issues arising from the Real Time Tracking and Monitoring of People Using GPS-based Location Services Abstract The Global Positioning System is a constellation of 24 satellites which have the ability to calculate the position, time and velocity of any GPS receiver. Ethical concerns arise when a person carrying a receiver has their location transmitted to second party. This type of tracking has a wide variety of applications including tracking dementia sufferers, tracking parolees and law enforcement. A literature review found that the ethics of GPS tracking has not been thoroughly assessed. This paper investigates the ethical issues arising from the real time tracking of people using GPS-based location services. Usability context analysis and an observational study were the methodology used in this study. Usability context analysis provided insight into GPS tracking over the contexts of...
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...“Making it Easier to Do it Right” A Full Business Plan presenting to you the latest fitness wearable technology, the Hercules, and accompanying mobile application, the Hercules Trainer Presented by & Company CEO Adeel Safdar “Hercules” CFO CPO CMO COO CTO CCO Making it Easier to Do it right Full Business Plan Company & Product Hercules & Co., led by CEO Adeel Safdar, presents the fitness wearable product, Hercules, and accompanying app Hercules Trainer. Confidentiality Agreement This agreement is to acknowledge that the information provided by Hercules & Co. in this business plan is unique to this business and strictly confidential. No information in this business plan can be disclosed without the express written permission of the CEO Adeel Safdar. Upon request, this document is to be immediately returned to Hercules & Co. Disclaimer Some of the statements contained in this Full Business Plan, including information incorporated by reference, discuss future expectations, or state other forward looking information. Those statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, several of which are beyond the control of Hercules & Co., which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements. The forward looking information is based on various factors and was derived using numerous assumptions. In light of the risks, assumptions, and uncertainties involved, there can...
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...B. Business Contingency Plan The Compass Park Hospital Network aims to maintain business operations in the case of a disaster. In order to maintain patient care in the face of an emergency situation we are seeking to plan for restoration of business services as quickly as possible and transfer operations to other facilities in our hospital system as needed. We have reviewed some possible emergency scenarios and developed a business contingency plan to encompass all aspects of disaster recovery, including clean up from the emergency, communication with the public and our associates, emergency medical care for anyone that needs it, restoration of normal patient care operations and temporary transfer of operations and procedures as necessary. The Compass Park Hospital network is a healthcare network comprised of five full service hospitals and numerous surgery centers and clinic. In addition to helathcare facilities they also operate patient transportation services (EMS vehicles and non-emergency patient transportation) and a home medical equipment supply company. The Compass Park Hospital Network has hired an independent contract service to analyse the structural stability of each of their facilities and requested improvements to any facility that they are leasing from the landlord. They have reviewed the report and begun to make multiple safety improvements throughout the facilities that they own. They have made sure that all walkways are safe and free of structural...
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...SALES, DEMOGRAPHIC AND USAGE DATA 2010 ESSENTIAL FACTS ABOUT THE COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY © 2010 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION WHAT’S INSIDE WHO IS PLAYING 2 4 5 6 Who Plays Computer and Video Games? How Long Have Gamers Been Playing? Parents and Games Parents Play Games AT PLAY 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 2009 Computer and Video Game Sales by Rating What Were the Top-Selling Game Genres in 2009? What Were the Top-Selling Games of 2009? Who Plays Games Online? How Many Gamers Play Games Online? What is the One Type of Online Game Played Most Often? How Many Americans Play Games on Wireless Devices? THE BOTTOM LINE 10 11 11 Recent Sales Information (2008 and 2009) Historical Sales Information (1996 – 2009) How Many Americans Plan to Buy Games in 2010? WHO WE ARE 12 12 About the ESA ESA Members OTHER RESOURCES 13 ESA Partners ALL DATA IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FROM THE ESA’S 2010 CONSUMER SURVEY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) released its 2010 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry at the 2010 E3 Expo. The annual research was conducted by Ipsos MediaCT for the ESA. The study is the most in-depth and targeted survey of its kind, gathering data from almost 1,200 nationally representative households that have been identified as owning either or both a video game console or a personal computer used to run entertainment software. WHO IS PLAYING GAMER DEMOGRAPHICS WHO PLAYS COMPUTER AND VIDEO...
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...products popular and profitable. Apple’s designers work close to its suppliers and manufacturers, optimizing the old product lines to gain production competence at the very beginning. Apple then makes a great deal investments to suppliers and orders a high volume, so that it can earn stable production and low prices. By aligning with the suppliers, Apple not only gains high profit margin, but also handicap its competitors. As for the logistics, Apple also exerts control over carriers by making massive orders to gain lower cost. Electronic monitors and employees are used to account for every unit. Finally, at retail stores, Apple keeps tracking of the demand by day and adjusts its production accordingly. 2.Strengths and weakness, and potential risks Apple’s strength of the supply management model is rooted in its close alignment with its business strategy. Its creative supply management functions as a drive to its innovation for a decade. The strong control Apple exerts over the supply chain brings it agility from design to retail stores. Meanwhile, Apple earns bargaining power with suppliers by volume. This advantage makes Apple competitive because with a lower price quote from suppliers, it could lower the price for its products, and therefore handicap competitors. However, Apple is also faced with risks because it could not alway compete both on price and innovation. With the rise of Samsung and Lenovo, Apple is losing market shares. Based in Asia, the two companies are...
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...Systems Media Table: Comparison Using this table, prepare and submit a 30 - 50 word response in each box that describes the purposes for each system, and gives examples and uses for each system. In addition, prepare and submit an APA-formatted reference page with at least five references. |System |Purposes |Examples |Uses | |Word processor |Word Processors are systems that are used |Some examples of the word processors |Word processors are used | | |to create documents. It is a software |available are Microsoft Word, |in the creation of | | |program capable of creating, storing, and |WordPerfect, Lotus Word-Pro, Open |documents such as | | |printing documents. These programs give the|Office Write, Ability Write, |letters, academic papers,| | |user the ability to format and edit the | |memos, or anything | | |document (Englebradt & Nelson, 2002). The | |written with text. There| | |use of creative fronts, colors and graphics| |are many templates that | | |also allows for creativity but “should not | |are available...
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...(Pty) Ltd ] The Campus, [ 57 Sloane Street, ] Cnr Sloane Street & Main Road, [ Bryanston, ] [ Johannesburg ] Contents 1. Features 4 1.1. Location Monitoring 4 1.2. ZigBee 4 1.3. iBeacon 4 2. Security and Safety 5 3. Convenience 6 4. Price Trend 7 5. Roadmap to an intelligent home 8 5.1. Design 8 5.2. Hardware 8 5.3. Design and Cost 8 6. CONCLUSION 9 7. Works Cited 10 List of Figures No table of figures entries found. Features Location Monitoring It is possible to locate people and other objects with products like Zigbee, and iBeacon. Because GPS inside buildings is limited due to limited availability of satellites, moderate performance can be achieved with low cost Zigbee/IEEE 802.15.4 embedded devices. Other devices such as iBeacon utilize low energy Bluetooth connections to transmit messages. ZigBee location monitoring uses a mesh network to provide location monitoring in a variety of networks. Potentially, this technology could be utilised to track the movements of children and other family members in the house for safety. Technology like this can assist in monitoring children both inside and outside of the home. Notifications can be sent indicating that somebody has entered the home, movement within the home, or even periodic monitoring of specified rooms. These notifications can be sent to a smart phone or tablet with video and audio to provide a parent with information to conveniently monitor what is happening in many areas of the home...
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...The American Academy of Pediatrics Eat Fresh. Move More. Watch Less. Campaign to Combat Obesity in Children & Adolescents XXXXXXXXX November 19, 2013 MKTG201/ACP250, Marketing for Social Change Fall Semester 2013 Contents Executive Summary 3 Background, Purpose, & Focus 3 SWOT Analysis 4 Target Audiences 6 Objectives & Goals 7 Barriers, Benefits, Competition, & Influential Others 8 Positioning Statement 10 Product 10 Price 11 Place 11 Promotion 12 Monitoring & Evaluation 13 Budgets & Funding Sources 13 Implementation Plan & Timeline 15 Resources 16 3 Executive Summary Given the rise in the amount of obese children and adolescents in the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will implement a campaign to promote in helping our society combat and prevent obesity. The AAP will implement a mobile app to track and promote a healthy lifestyle and to help spread awareness among parents, children, and teenagers. The mobile app will track participants’ goals by observing their meals, exercise patterns, BMI, weight, surveys, etc. The AAP is a leading and respected non-profit organization with its goal of being “dedicated to the health of all children.” In helping AAP implement the program, various school districts, health clubs, the YMCA, Microsoft, physicians, and other companies will assist by donating various items and services. The bulk of the campaign will focus around...
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...Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC Business Plan Name, CEO Name, CFO Name, COO Name, CMO Address of School Confidentiality Agreement The undersigned reader acknowledges that the information provided by Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC staff in this business plan is confidential; therefore, reader agrees not to disclose it without the express written permission of Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC. It is acknowledged by reader that information to be furnished in this business plan is in all respects confidential in nature, other than information which is in the public domain through other means, and that any disclosure or use of same by reader may cause serious harm or damage to Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC. Upon request, this document is to be immediately returned. ___________________ Signature ___________________ Name (typed or printed) ___________________ Date Table of Contents I. Table of Contents 3 II. Executive Summary 4 III. Company Description 6 IV. Marketing Plan 8 V. Operational Plan…………………………………………………………………………… 22 VI. Financial Plan 32 VII. Exit Strategy 39 VIII. Appendices & References 41 Executive Summary Brilliant Minds Academy, LLC (BMA) will be a private school that offers group tutoring, individual tutoring, and a student supply store. BMA is scheduled to open on August 13th, 2012 at 113 Cumberland Avenue in Madison, Tennessee. The school and tutoring programs are on a year round schedule where the classes will meet for 45 days...
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...HBR CASE STUDY Offered a lucrative deal to outfit consumer goods with RFID tags,a technology executive wonders: Would he be providing a valuable custonner service? Or committing a heinous invasion of privacy? None of Our Business? by Roberta A. Fusaro E S W THEM the moment he came A out of the parking garage. Across the street, about two dozen protesters crowded close to the main entrance of the exposition center, heckling conference goers as they streamed inside. Fired up with anger and caffeine (almost all clutched steaming cups of coffee-it was still early on a Friday morning), they shouted through bullhorns and waved placards with messages like "Get Off My Frequency!" and "Mind Your Own Business!"When two women in charcoal-gray suits walked out the center's doors, a protester broke away and followed them down the sidewalk, trying to press pamphlets into their hands. A police officer ordered the crowd to stay behind the barricades, but his commands were inaudible beneath the sounds of traffic and civil insurrection. Dante Sorelia shook his head. "How the hell did we reach this point?" he thought as the walk light beckoned him forward. As CEO of a technology firm, Dante was an old hand at privacy debates. Such intense, public hostility, however, was a fairly recent development. His Manhattan-based company, Raydar Electronics, was among the top five makers and integrators of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and readers in...
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...Fossil’s Marketing Plan Team C MKT/421 November 14, 2013 Don Braunstein Fossil Group Fossil Group has been in business since1984 serving consumers globally with a total of 4,400 locations worldwide (Fossil Inc., 2013). The organization has a strong retail presence because it caters to a variety of consumers, strategically developing and acquiring new lines of products to meet consumer demand. The products range from bags, belts, eye wear, leather goods, and watches. Their largest line and focal product are watches. Each brand is made to appeal to both men and women. Each line of watches focuses on a different type of consumer, the elegant and bold female consumer is the Michele design. For the casual every day wear male consumer, there is the Relic design which is made to stand up to everyday use. Fossil is an innovated company that focuses heavily on developing their brand through new product lines, as well as establishing new industrial footprints. Fossil’s brand establishes social responsibility by giving back to the community through fundraising and volunteerism through their Fossil Foundation (Fossil Inc., 2013). The Fossil Brand is a reputable, successful organization because of its strategic marketing techniques. Innovation of a Product Fossil brand would like to expand an existing product line to appeal to the younger consumer. The organization’s plan is to innovate the existing Relic watch and tailor the physical...
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...Page 71 WEB RESOURCES Student Web site www.wiley.com/college/rainer • Web quizzes • Lecture slides in PowerPoint • Author podcasts • Interactive Case: Ruby’s Club assignments WileyPLUS • All of the above and... • E-book • Manager Videos • Vocabulary flash cards • Pre- and post-lecture quizzes • Microsoft Office 2007 lab manual and projects • How-to animations for Microsoft Office • Additional cases CHAPTER OUTLINE 3.1 Ethical Issues 3.2 Threats to Information Security 3.3 Protecting Information Resources What’s in IT for me? ACC FIN MKT OM HRM MIS rain_c03_070-121hr.qxd 28-09-2009 11:25 Page 72 72 Chapter 3 Ethics, Privacy, and Information Security Opening Case NASA Loses Secret Information for Years The Business Problem Over the past decade, U.S. government agencies have been the victims of an unprecedented number of cyber-attacks. One government official noted, “It is espionage on a massive scale.” Government agencies reported almost 13,000 security incidents to the U.S. Homeland Security Department during fiscal year 2008, triple the number from two years earlier. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (www.nasa.gov) is one of the hardest-hit agencies. The government agency responsible for the nation’s public space program, NASA, has been the target of cyber-espionage dating back at least to the late 1990s. During...
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...role in people around the world in healthcare industry. Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves instead of wires carry the signal over part or the entire communication pathway. The fourth generation cellular networks have greatly improved data transmission speed. In the meantime, short-range radio such as Bluetooth, Hiperlan, and infrared transmission are helping with wireless broadband multimedia and data communication in both office, hospital and home settings. Recently wireless network communications have gained huge popularity in healthcare organizations as the technological advancements have solved the traditional security and reliability issues. Smartphones and customized wireless health devices are proving there is a better way toward dramatically improving healthcare in this country. How Wireless Technology...
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