Season One Research Files
Episode Two
1:00am-2:00am
HOMING DEVICE
Although the device used in the show to locate Martin’s buried ID is fictional, there is the science that renders such a gadget a reality. Cell phones will soon have mobile positioning technology that locates where a user is in proximity to a base station. Police and emergency service providers have been using mobile positioning to check criminals’ locations and to find people in need of help when phone calls have been cut off. One company in Sweden will release software packages that let consumers take advantage of this mobile positioning method. Other companies will have technology available through traditional Internet-service providers.
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