He said there was a problem of overloaded containers and poor standards of lashing and stowing and called for automatic tracking beacons to be attached to every container.

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Using its Community Impact Platform to create a fundraising challenge for two local animal rescues, Causecast leveraged social media, real-time reporting, peer recognition, instant donation processing, automatic tracking, micro and macro funding abilities, and good old competition with incentives to fire up the team and get them engaged in giving back.

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Emotion UI is also pre-installed with a smartphone housekeeper function to support real-time data traffic tracking, automatic blacklisting and blocking, periodical system cleaning, and spontaneous exiting of idle programs and cache cleanup, in addition to anti-virus, energy saving, privacy protection, software management, and more.

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Nokia announced it was making a touch-screen microwave that integrates eye-tracking technology and automatic food photography.

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Photo manipulation, automatic translation, health sensor integration, even face-tracking were all presented as top innovations for the new device.

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Everbridge also has a weather tracking system, and emergency managers can use that to send out automatic notifications as different weather events approach their areas.

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Add new regulations such as eCall in Europe for automatic emergency calling and the Contran resolution in Brazil requiring all vehicles to be fitted with an anti-theft tracking device to help reduce car thefts and lower car insurance rates, and you can see how all these scenarios offer ample opportunities within the industry.

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