Fog Computing to Replace Cloud Technology
When disaster strikes, it’s crucial that first responders have reliable access to a controlled network, allowing them to receive and deliver critical information while...
DHS helping communities to get ready for chemical attacks
The threat of chemical attacks against U.S. communities is "different" - based on an individual community's risk. This is according to a statement by...
UAVs To Aid Fire Fighters
The first thing that probably comes to any person’s mind in using unmanned aerial platforms is military needs, and especially missions gathering visual intelligence...
The Israeli MDA Presents its New Command and Emergency Vehicles
The latest MDA (Magen David Adom, Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross) command vehicle was based on a Dutch truck chassis, built in England...
Terrorism: Agriculture Should Have No Less Concerns
The US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security’s Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee recently held a hearing to examine the threat level...
IHLS TV – Interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern
In an interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern, Director of emergency department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky medical center, following his talk at the Future Forces conference, Dr....
The MDA’s New Emergency Medical Care Motorcycles
This week in Jerusalem: The MDA's (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) new emergency medical care motorcycles started making their rounds. The...
Emergency Vehicles to Help Map Radiation Threat in City
A radiation threat detection system was successfully tested recently by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent...
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...
How drones are helping the Nepal earthquake relief effort
Drones are proving a crucial high-tech tool for aid workers in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. With the death toll from Saturday’s...
Israel and US to Promote Tech Development for First Responders
the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has announced that the Israeli Ministry of Public Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 10th 2015
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In this weekly Video report (February 10th 2015):
U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts
Terror attacks on...
Magen David Adom Bikers Prepare For Rough Conditions
Magen David Adom (MDA) motorcycle unit, which was established in 2006 and has operated for over a decade, operates around 200 motorcycles, including emergency...
The Role Of Emergency Services in Emergency Scenarios
By Eyal Harel
Last Tuesday a dangerous substance leaked from a vehicle in a main street of one of the neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The incident...
A new tool for spotting buried victims
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion...
Communication Solution for Flood Threats?
Mobile communications company Ping4Inc. has been awarded a development contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to assist first...
China’s Baidu Creates AI To Warn of Crowd Stampedes
In New Year’s Eve of 2015, thousands in Shanghai came to the Bund where a light show was to take place to mark the...
Fighting Ebola using drones
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the Center of Disease Control both estimate that the death toll due to Ebola might exceed...
New to the army: Hovermast
Hovermast is a new means for providing stabilized real-time aerial surveillance, to forces maneuvering along the battlefield. It is currently being tested and assessed...
Cost Effectiveness of Vaccines Delivery by Drones
Drones can be used for the delivery of vital products in all fielss, including healthcare on the civil and military spheres.
A new research found...
Wearable Sensors to Monitor Wounded Combatants in Battlefield
Delivering life-saving care in a battlefield environment is a complex challenge. New wearable sensors will monitor the situation of soldiers in the battlefield as...
Ultrasound Imaging In Live Broadcast
Prof. Yonina Eldar’s laboratory at the faculty for electrical engineering at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) is developing an innovative approach for ultrasound...
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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,...
