Vital Role of Communications Following the Japanese Earthquake of March 2011
According to Internews Europe, a report on the Japanese earthquake published recently shows that:
“Japan’s highly advanced early warning system proved key in saving lives,...
Brazil Becomes Hot Market for Surveillance Technology Ahead of World Cup
Giants of the surveillance sector get contracts in a number of Brazilian cities during the games of 2014 – from security scanners to remote...
Terror Attacks In Jerusalem and The West Bank – Can Technology...
One step the government is initiating to decrease attacks and incidents in the West Bank is stationing surveillance cameras in hazardous points in Jerusalem and the...
Weapons Theft in Israel
The theft of weapons from citizens, institutions and IDF camps has reached record proportions according to sources familiar with the subject. Israel sometimes gives...
Scientists to Develop Nuclear Weapons Detectors
Penn State University has received a $5 million, 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and DHS for nuclear threat inspection, as part...
BOMB SHELTERS – IMPROVEMENT DOESN’T MATCH THREAT
In spite its war history; many of the citizens in Israel do not have a shelter that will protect them from bombs, rockets or...
Anti-government extremism – major threat in U.S.
U.S. law enforcement agencies rank the threat of violence from anti-government extremists higher than the threat from radicalized Muslims, according to a report released...
Policing Algorithm To Reduce Crime
Can math help keep our streets safer? A new study by a UCLA-led team of scholars and law enforcement officials suggests the answer is...
New Bottle Scanning Solution for Airport Security
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology which may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They have...
New Sewer Sensors Sniff Out Signs of Bombs and Drugs
Bomb-makers and chemists with Breaking Bad crystal-meth type labs better watch out. A sewer system full of chemical sensors could sniff out their homemade...
ADME Conference: One Step Ahead
When it comes to air defense, you have to be one step ahead of your opponent, quickly adapting to changing situtions
At the beginning of...
Preparing for Asteroids hitting earth – is prayer the only answer?
Israel is not prepared in any way to handle a disaster caused by the hit of an asteroid. European experts say that while Israel is...
New Explosives Detector Receives DHS Approval
Implant Sciences Corporation announced that the QS-B220 explosives and drugs trace detector has been issued a SAFETY Act Designation from the Department of Homeland...
The Home Front – no policy, no equipment
Yesterday saw the resignation of the director general of the Home Front Defense
Ministry, Gabi Ophir. The resignation is only a symptom of total chaos....
Cyber attacks on Power companies
A series of recent cyber attacks used basic tools to break into power company networks and threaten their automated systems, according to a memo...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
