BY-NC-SA Proving how the iPhone can be used for almost anything, now military personnel will be able to use it to track U.S enemies. At least that’s the ultimate goal. The app, One Force Tracker, created by Raytheon, can track friends and foes. The app lets you see people’s positions on live, real time maps and it also provides secure communications.
The app can also be used by others like police, fireman, and emergency medical technicians. It works together with the phone’s GPS system.
There is one problem, the iPhone can only carry out one function at a time. Chief technology officer for Raytheon’s Intelligence and information system, J Smart, told The New York Times it’s something they are still working on. He says, "Underneath the iPhone is a Mac OS X operating system which is based on Unix, which gives us Unix multitasking.”
What do you think -- will this be a success in the army and actually in the battlefield?
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