NEWS - Keeping track of baggage, toddlers and more with Lost-It(TM), the latest technology from Plextek

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Keeping track of baggage, toddlers and more with Lost-It™, the latest technology from Plextek

Plextek, the independent electronics design consultancy, has launched Lost-It™ an innovative technology that will track both people and objects accurately at short range, monitoring movements either out of, or when approaching, a pre-defined local area.

The technology, that Plextek will licence to product suppliers in several industry sectors, has many potential applications and can be configured according to requirements. For instance, it can sound its alarm to:

detect movements of a suitcase, briefcase or laptop

indicate a 'man overboard'

detect people and objects in 'blind' situations

alert parents as soon as toddlers wander outside a pre-determined distance from them.

Using novel patented techniques, the system overcomes the range accuracy problems that are associated with many similar products.

The technology uses standard components that offer a low cost and low power solution for battery based applications. Units can be paired on a one-to-one basis or alternatively one individual base unit can handle multiple tags.

Plextek is already in talks with two major companies to licence the tracking technology.

The system will be demonstrated at Milipol 2003, Stand R28, Hall 2A, at Le Bourget, Paris, France from 18 - 21 November 2003 and Medica 2003, Stand 14A48-8, Hall 14, at Messe Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany from 19 - 22 November 2003.

Issued 12/11/2003