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Maybe it's LoJack. Have you seen LoJack? LoJack has a transmitter that
police can track. I can't find any photos of the device. Even LoJack.com
doesn't have a photo of its device. LoJack was around before GPS and other
theft tracking devices and it is used on heavy equipment and other things
that get stolen, mostly vehicles, but the company is expanding into other
applications for its device.
Lauren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McLauchlan, Kevin [mailto:Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 6:56 AM
> To: Lauren; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: [OT] What might this object be?
>
> I've seen plenty of theft-deterrent devices attached to
> expensive stuff
> in stores. This would have to have been the Milspec version. In other
> words, it's unlikely to be what you said, by virtue of sheer mass and
> bullet-deflecting construction. It was about twice the size of my
> little ascii-graphic, as viewed on a 20-inch monitor at 1600x1200.
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