GPS devices track campus crime.THE CAMPUS POLICE AT DREXEL University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. in Philadelphia, Pa., have more high-tech help in fighting crime on campus. The security team is piloting a new GPS handheld tracking device called DragonForce, which two Drexel professors helped invent in partnership with a company called Drakontas. Campus security officers carry the devices, which allow them to electronically push photos, video clips A short video presentation. , and text to each other, white also providing electronic location maps of their whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. . "We can dispatch [security staff] more efficiently," says Ben Gollotti, senior VP of Public Safety. He adds that the next phase of the GPS program is to link the DragonForce handhelds to the laptop computers A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. used by other members of the force. To date, Drexel has invested $70,000 in 12 DragonForce devices. |
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