Battery-Free Cell phone for Search and Rescue Missions
A cell phone that can never run out of battery could mean the difference between life and death for people in emergency situations. A...
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...
iHLS TV Special report – GPS for accurate airdrops
Some of the weapons and ammunition that were airdropped by the coalition aircraft fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria , missed the planned drop...
A New Command Car for the Firefighting Services
These days, we finished building the command post vehicle for the firefighting services, which is the national command post. The vehicle was built in...
Preparation for Earthquakes: Monitor, Predict, Prevent, Control
Preparing ahead of emergency situations and mass disasters on a national scales is not ’recommended’ or subject to considerations of cost or likelihood. Rather,...
Radar Sensing Through Walls Can Save Lives
First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...
Robot with Unprecedented Structure for Search and Rescue Missions
A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...
iHLS TV Future Forces For HLS
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Future Forces 4 HLS
The upcoming conference for the HLS Future Forces is to be held on July 21st, bringing with...
Original Way-of-Action for Emergency Offered by Academy
The Georgia Institute of Technology has recently stated in a media release that according to a study it’s conducted, edge computing and fog networks...
Breakthrough in Drone Miniaturization
An innovation regarding a computer chip may lead to a breakthrough in drone miniaturization. In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology,...
Integrating robots in disaster areas
This last weekend was a highlight for 23 teams from around the world that took part in the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency contest....
A weather radio for earthquakes
When it comes to earthquakes, early warning systems are based on a simple principle: the shaking from an earthquake travels at about the speed...
Landrover’s New Rescue SUV Comes With a Drone
Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a special version of the new Land Rover Discovery SUV for use by...
How to Supply Energy to Forward Bases and First Responders?
Powering remote military structures and installations in hostile areas far away from reliable diesel fuel convoys is a critical capability and one that is...
Meet Atlas – the New UGV for Harsh Terrain
A new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) unveiled recently is designed for use in defense, disaster relief, and rescue missions. The J8 Atlas Xtreme Terrain...
Egozi: Earthquake Preparedness – Positive Initiative Coupled with Failures
By Arie Egozi
Holding a national drill to practice procedures in the event of an earthquake is very good, however, all the preparations seem minor in...
Drones Instead of Engineers in Effort to Find Landslides
Drones help protect West Virginia from landslides.
Woolpert Inc., a Beavercreek-based engineering firm, says its UAS are now monitoring landslide areas in northern West...
UAVs for Indonesian Rescue Missions
The use of UAVs for mapping disaster areas, evaluating the damage, monitoring wide range fires or earthquakes, especially in areas that cannot be accessed...
New sUAS Missions Vary from Surveillance to Disaster Assemssment
A new sUAS (small unmanned aircraft system) was recently introduced to market – the STORM – a small tactical UAS that comes as a...
Drones for emergency services
The emergency service of Ireland is currently researching the use of the remote-controlled aircraft, also known as “Quadcopters”, for major incidents in what have...
Radio Amateurs Role Still Significant in Disaster Response
Disaster response under conditions of lack of conventional communication or internet networking, requires more traditional solutions.
A citywide communications exercise was recently held by...
Locating First Responders Has Just Become Easy
Keeping firefighters safe and communicating with them have been major technical challenges for decades. While outdoors, they can use GPS to track one another,...
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The Next Step in Drone Defense: 30 Targets Per Minute
The growing use of drones on the battlefield is creating a new challenge for air defense systems. Small, low-cost drones can operate individually or...
