Chronicle of Higher Ed reported about a computer application called, Locaccino, that made use of GPS (such as the ones found in new cellphones) to track anyone’s whereabouts. In the clip below, the reporters tracked down an RA using the application made by Prof Norman Sadeh (Cylab, Carnegie Mellon).

I am not entirely sure if Dr. Sadeh in the clip is the original “inventor” of such technology, because my cell phone company offered me the same service (for a price, of course) last December. Since the cellphone was for a minor, they gently suggested that I could keep track of my “loved one’s” whereabouts if I want to.

Even though I can see the similarity in terms of research direction, I really don’t want to promote this “act” in real life. (Oh, well. It dawned on me that the School of Hogwarts already possessed the technology/magic of it.)