wooferhound writes "A Rain Master Eagle-i Irrigation Controller recently stolen out of a housing development just outside of Tucson traveled nearly 80 miles before rescuing itself. The smart controller is now back in place on the wall where it was originally pinched. The thieves were run over by technology and they had no idea what hit them. In this day and age, something that may look passive like an irrigation controller may not be so passive. The thieves didn't realize they were removing equipment that features 2-way wireless communications via the Internet. Three weeks later, the unexpected happened. The Maintenance Supervisor noticed a signal coming in from the stolen controller. He thought it was kind of odd that it was up and running, said Killmer. Whoever had stolen it had plugged it back in." Link to Original Source
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The link has an extra 'l' at the end. This is correct [gpsdaily.com]