August 15, 2018
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Real-time GPS tracking has come a long way since the first satellites were sent up in 1978, but as with any significant change in the status quo, many businesses are still leery about letting go of their previous, tried-and-true methods. Some might also be made wary by the greater oversight that such technology gives over employee actions. Does using it mean that a manager doesn’t trust his workers or that drivers can’t be relied on to do their jobs incorrectly? Not at all. GPS can certainly be used to correct course if it’s necessary, but it can also simply be... View Article
July 26, 2018
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) passed its requirement for trucking fleets to implement electronic logging devices (ELDs) back in December 2015. The second phase of this gradual rollout came (and went) at the end of last year, and the final stage — full compliance and mandatory use of self-certified ELDs that are registered with the FMCSA — still awaits at the end of 2019. While this rather dramatic push to force trucking companies and fleet management techniques into a more modernized, paperless system is a promising idea, in theory, transition on such a scale is inevitably going to... View Article
July 19, 2018
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
One of the most common assumptions people make when they hear the term “GPS” is that GPS tracking and GPS navigation are the same things. While both tools use the Global Positioning Satellites, the two activities are different as are the devices and services. It doesn’t help that when you watch a TV show or go to the movies, the characters often talk about tracking people using their phone. So, what exactly is the difference between GPS tracking and GPS navigation? Let’s look at each of them individually. GPS tracking, which is utilizing satellite information to record one’s course of... View Article
March 15, 2018
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Viral social media challenges have become especially popular among teens. Many of these trends are harmless, other than the potential embarrassment they cause in hindsight years down the road. The Ice Bucket Challenge actually ended up raising millions of dollars for ALS research. Others, such as the Mannequin Challenge or the Harlem Shake, were based in good fun. However, not all of these viral challenges are so innocent. Consider, for example, the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which began in December as a Twitter meme involving dares to eat the pods, and then a challenge that became popular on Twitter and Facebook,... View Article
March 1, 2018
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Embark recently developed an autonomous trucking technology, and decided it would send the vehicle on a 2,000-mile cross-country trip to test its full capabilities. The journey would take the vehicle from Los Angeles, California to Jacksonville, Florida—about 2,400 miles in total. It would run the entire trip on its autopilot functionality. There were plenty of doubters, but the trip turned out to be a success, and another feather in the cap for a company that has been one of the leaders in developing autonomous driving solutions. It also provides further ammunition to people who argue the merits of autonomous driving... View Article
