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Mobile Plate Hunter-900

Although this sounds like something you might see in a Road Runner cartoon, it is a pretty cool tool. This isn’t a money saving tech tip or a philosophic musing, just a Wow, that is a cool device. The Mobile Plate Hunter-900 is license plate recognition software combined with a camera to enable cops to catch creeps. It has three cameras that record license plates and vehicle images. It can do up to 3,600 per minute and supposedly is not impacted by day, night or inclement weather. Not faulting the human eye or brain but I sincerely doubt most people could process that level of information in a timely manner. The captured images are automatically processed through the data base to determine if any of the plate numbers have been stolen or involved in a crime. It can even tell the officer the type of crime so they can be prepared for the type of perpetrator they will be pulling over. It isn’t cheap but for about $20,000 you have a tool that greatly enhances the ability of ...

Notebook Theft Alarm Using Your Flash Drive

I got this email recently and checked out the website. It sounds interesting. I am not recommending it since I haven’t tried it. I am passing it along since it sounds pretty good but as always buyer beware and do your research. It doesn’t seem like a scam so I am posting it. Hi, I am submitting a money saving tech tip for your blog readers. ----------------- A New Life To Old Flash Drives Don't throw your old USB flash drive away. Instead, you can use an old flash drive as a laptop alarm to prevent your laptop from being stolen. Here is how. 1. Install free software on your laptop. www.lalarm.com/LaptopAlarm. (free for personal use) 2. Fasten a neck strap to your old USB flash drive. 3. Fasten the other end of the strap to a table. 4. Plug in the USB flash drive into a USB port of a laptop. 5. Lock the laptop by pressing the Windows logo key and L key together. When a thief removes the laptop from the table, the USB flash drive will be dis...