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Technology has made finding information easier than ever, thanks to Google and other search programs. Yet as we carry more and more high-dollar gadgets, losing those gadgets has become a problem.

One or two electronic devices seem to be perpetually missing in most households. If the DVD player remote control is on the coffee table, the one that operates the stereo is nowhere to be seen. You can use your cordless phone to call your cell phone in hopes that its ring will lead you to its hiding place. But what about your car keys? And what about the phone you dropped at the movies while on vacation in Australia?

A cottage industry of sorts has sprung up to help people find their lost stuff. The companies that promise to find and return lost objects use pretty basic technology and rely in large part on human kindness. But more high-tech solutions could be on the way. Researchers are looking at using RFID and GPS technology that would make real-world objects as easy to locate as a casserole recipe on Google -- though such services will appear in the distant future, if ever, experts say.
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Read More / Source: SFGate