CHALLENGE

Commercial transportation hubs and enclosed urban environments lacked accurate, cost-effective vehicle tracking systems, as existing GPS and transponder-based solutions are unreliable, expensive to deploy, and difficult to maintain in obstructed or indoor settings.

SOLUTION

Futurebound partnered with the University of Toronto Wireless Research Lab to fund and develop next-generation tracking technologies based on Wi-Fi positioning and Channel State Signal analysis. These innovations enable seamless, device-based vehicle tracking and situational awareness—without traditional hardware or infrastructure dependencies. View video demo of tracking a person using Wi-Fi signal only: https://www.youtube.com/embed/lTOUBUhC0Cg

RESULT

The collaboration produced two breakthrough systems: one that replaces costly airport transponder infrastructure with smartphone-based Wi-Fi tracking, and another (Wi2Vi) that transforms wireless signal reflections into visual data. These innovations reduce infrastructure costs, enable new commercial use cases to track people and objects where necessary, and offer auxiliary intelligence to traditional surveillance.

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