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With reportedly 12,000 laptops being stolen or lost per week at US-based airports many IT departments are aggressively seeking out any potential way to locate these devices if in the worst case they turn up missing.  Here are is a project that appears to be well on their way to making this locating technology in a price point for everyone.

A yearlong research project between the University of Washington and the University of California-San Diego has yielded a tool that allows for the free tracking of lost or stolen laptops. Unlike existing tools on the market, installing this software will not result in any loss of privacy, as this tracking method does not entail any invasive remote control hardware or software. The Mac OS X version has the option to configure it to take photos via its built-in iSight camera.

Called Adeona, it is an open-source software that users can install on personal laptops that they wish to secure. Once in place, Adeona will set up an encrypted connection in which its up-to-date IP address will be sent to open source OpenDHT storage servers. In the event of laptops being lost (or stolen), another instance of Adeona can be installed on another computer. The correct password will then allow the victim to track his device via IP addresses. I suppose the assumption is that a thief will eventually use the laptop at his or her place of residence where there is a possibility of them being nailed via their IP address being linked to their ISP account.