TVs to alert police when they're stolen
Big Brother technology that already allows people to be tracked through their mobile phones could soon be installed in household objects, tipping off police if they are stolen.
Televisions, DVD players and computers could be fitted with microchips identifying their location and their normal proximity to each other, automatically alerting police if they change unexpectedly, according to a scientist on Wednesday.
"We haven't yet proved the technology will do it, but we are confident it will," Professor Nigel Linge from Britain's Centre for Networking Telecommunications Research told reporters.
