UAE unfolding as major UAS hub
Experts: the UAE as ideal location for 'Humanitarian UAV Centre of Excellence'.
With the UAE already underlining its credentials as the world's largest donor of...
Terrorism: Agriculture Should Have No Less Concerns
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Official Report: US Government ‘Not Fully Prepared’ for Nuclear Attacks or...
An official report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the U.S. government is not fully prepared to handle nuclear terrorist attacks...
New Technologies to Improve Airport Security
In spite of the major decrease in civil aviation flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Department of Homeland Security has been supporting...
Equipment aging at federal radiological response center
The federal government's multiagency center that is on call to respond to radiological incidents has issues with aging equipment, says a recent report from...
People Counting System Market – Forecast for 2025
Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic spread requires social distancing. Technologies that provide people counting capabilities in public spaces help control the crowd and ensure...
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs to Be Replaced by Technology
An innovative solution for aircraft and airport security operations might replace bomb-sniffing dogs. The “electronic nose” device that uses biological cells to sniff dangerous...
Future Forces News Flash – Technology in disasters
The Future Forces conference attracts attention of the international media and experts from all over the world.
In his lecture this morning, Prof. Pinny Halpern...
Emergency Alert System to Get New Features
The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system has been helping US officials to notify communities of important happenings ever since it was introduced in 2012....
Sharing Revolution Reaches Smart City Network Infrastructure
Smart city projects are using a range of technologies, such as sensors, video, smart meters, analytics, and more to improve the lives of citizens,...
What Can We Learn From The COVID-19 Pandemic?
It can be easily agreed upon that the COVID-19 pandamic has had a destroctive effect on many of our lives, whether it be losing...
Huge Potential for Drone Delivery of Medical Supply
Delivering medical cargo and supplies has been one of the lifesaving missions of unmanned aerial vehicles. Early public acceptance of drone delivery networks in...
Wearable Technologies for Employees Returning to Workplaces
Wearable technology will track social distancing among employees returning to work in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 inside the workplace. According to...
Critical Infrastructures Are Vulnerable to a Major Threat
Following several biohazard epidemics, the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US, a critical infrastructure biodefense program will be established at...
Could the Ebola virus become a bio-terrorist threat?
Lawmakers and infectious disease experts are examining whether terrorists could use Ebola to deliberately infect and wreak psychological havoc on an unsuspecting population. This...
How To Make First Responders More Efficient
Olga Grosman
Imagine a scenario where whoever came to save you is injured during the rescue effort. Perhaps they were burned from the raging fire, or inhaled...
NSO Entering Drone Market with Eclipse – Advanced and Innovative Anti-Drone...
What do drone threats, pedophile crime, terrorism, and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common? The response to all of these threats and many more...
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...
Smart Helmet Providing COVID-19 Crowd Screening
Various surveillance technologies are offered globally to keep track of the COVID-19 spread. One of them is a smart helmet for law enforcement officers,...
Interested in Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic Effectively and in Real-Time?
The coronavirus pandemic is a global emergency scenario that requires readiness as part of the national preparedness strategy for emergency and crisis situations.
The suitable...
Drop Kits Supply Communication in Emergency
Due to communications challenges during the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, the 9/11 commission recommended the establishment of a single,...
NASA’s Revolutionary Search and Rescue Technology
The international satellite-aided search and rescue initiative Cospas-Sarsat has been aided by NASA and enabled the development of multiple emergency location beacon types that...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
