Ebola
DARPA – Advanced Biothreat Sensors Under Development
The ability to rapidly detect biothreats often relies on expertise and equipment that’s difficult to transport and takes time to carry out. A new...
DARPA Funding New Portable Biological Weapons Diagnostics Device
Today’s battlefield can be a very unpredictable place, with threats coming from every direction, including from the air and from underground. Recent conflicts in...
UK getting ready for terrorists using weaponized Ebola virus
This is a threat taken very seriously by Britain. At the height of the Ebola crisis in West Africa last year, British military experts...
Ebola: Australian-run center in Sierra Leone opens for business
An Australian-run medical center for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced.
Australia’s Foreign affairs minister...
Belgian Expert: WHO Messed Up Ebola Response
A Belgian scientist who helped discover Ebola in 1976 has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of mismanaging the current outbreak response.
Peter Piot, an...
US: 35 hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers
The U.S is bracing to deal with Ebola. An increasing number of U.S. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with Ebola, giving nationwide...
Portable 15-Minute Ebola Virus Test Trials in Guinea
British health charity The Wellcome Trust recently announced that a new 15-minute Ebola virus test will become available on a trial basis in Guinea...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – Chinese Laser, Hackers vex FBI, Emergency response robots, HLS Dept to secure buildings, Ebola
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In this weekly report (2 December 2014):
Chinese military officials have deployed a highly accurate laser defense system
Private industry experts...
Scientists identify weak spots in Ebola’s defenses
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified weak spots on the surface of Ebola virus that are targeted by the antibodies in ZMapp, the...
iHLS TV – Ebola sensor, Self-healing computers, the Chinese civilian UAV market, Morocco to assist against terrorism, Firefighters
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In this weekly report (18 November 2014):
Low-cost Ebola sensor
Self-healing computers: next step in fighting hackers
The Chinese civilian UAV market
Morocco to assist UAE...
How Can Technology Fight Ebola in Off-the-Grid
“You have very little cellphone coverage,” said Steven Van Roekel, chief innovation officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “You have unreliable power...
DOD civilians can opt out of the Ebola quarantine
Defense civilian workers deployed to West Africa can choose one of two options upon their departure from Ebola-stricken countries, if they do not show...
UC Santa Cruz Professor Builds Model of Low-Cost Ebola Sensor
A quick, low-cost test for Ebola may be available within a few years, thanks to UC Santa Cruz researcher Ahmet Ali Yanik. Similar to...
iHLS TV – Cyber task force, new UASs, laser-guided artillery shell, Ebola robots, Yemen buys Scan Eagle UAVs
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In this weekly report (11 November 2014):
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force: NCIJTF
New UASs: SpyLite mini and BlueBird
Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided...
The US Army will provide Wi-Fi in West Africa for the fight against Ebola
The Defense Department has started to beef up systems needed to support troops and nongovernmental organizations engaged in the Ebola fight in West Africa,...
The understated role of the Air Force in the battle against Ebola
With so much misinformation circulating about the scale and domestic danger of the Ebola threat, less attention has been paid to the U.S. military’s...
iHLS TV – The FBIs Next Gen system, airborne intelligence, India’s defense deal, gun violence in the US, bio-hazard protective gear
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In this weekly report (4 November 2014):
The FBIs Next Gen system
Airborne intelligence
India's defense deal
Gun violence in the US
Bio-hazard protective gear
Travelers from Ebola-affected nations restricted to 5 U.S. airports
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Tuesday that travelers from three West African Ebola-affected countries will now be required to enter the...
The US military is intensifying the fight against Ebola
A 30-person team of medical specialists training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas are expected to wrap up on Saturday, DOD spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson...
iHLS TV – Ebola possibly weaponized, Safe City projects, next gen bunker-busters, Hovermast, Euclid
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In this weekly report (28 October 2014):
Ebola possibly weaponized
Safe City projects
US next generation bunker-buster bombs
New Hovermast unveiled
Euclid antenna pedestals
Robots can be used to fight Ebola in Africa
How does the United States allow health workers to help West Africa while minimizing their risk? One answer that the White House may be...
FEMA preparing for possible shortages of bio-hazard gear as Ebola fears rise
The Obama administration is looking into evoking the Defense Production Act to stem possible shortages of bio-hazard protective gear as fears of an Ebola...
