First Responders

By Dov Lachman A new Israeli emergency messaging system began operations on Friday, July 25, covering almost the entire country. The system, known as “Meser...

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed...

 The rapid growth in video capturing, recording and transmission in recent years, has brought a new era, in which almost every corner of our...

Roadside bombs in Afghanistan, mines in the Persian Gulf’s shipping lanes, blazing infernos in downtown neighborhoods – danger seemingly lurks around every corner. Throughout time,...

The scale of online sexual abuse of minors is extremely worrying * A special project by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to combat...

Irish police are investigating a recent incident at Wheatfield Prison in which a helicopter drone full of drugs crashed into the prison. The incident was...

Threats from terrorism will continue to challenge the United States. This, according to U.S. counterterrorism analysts In a recent congressional testimony, James Clapper, Director of...

DHS has circulated an intelligence assessment to police agencies across the United States warning about drones being used as weapons in an attack. CBS...

Israeli startup Roboteam Ltd snubbed the big competitors in the field - iRobot Corp, QinetiQ North America, and others - to land a US$25...

China is bearing down on foreign press with a new rule banning all foreign media from publishing online. The new rule went into effect...

A time-of-flight imaging system enables the indirect observation of hidden scenes via computational back-projection. Applications for this non-line-of sight technology range from small scenes...

During recent years, mass shooting incidents have become a possible threat in the US. New technologies offer innovative solutions to the illegal use of...

Following the recent New York Times report about what may be the largest leak of C.I.A documents in history on WikiLeaks, Michael Hill, a...

When it comes to earthquakes, early warning systems are based on a simple principle: the shaking from an earthquake travels at about the speed...

Big Data can reveal amazing insights and now includes predictions on where crime is going to happen Crime has patterns just like everything else humans...

Innovative technologies in the intriguing video analytics field have been constantly improving the ability to understand and identify video content for various applications, in...

A leading robotic defense contractor for wireless video transmission modules for use in military remote ordnance disposal applications awarded a $343,000 order to xG...

Meet the Crabster CR200 – one of the world's largets autonomous underwater robots, 2.4 meters long and shaped like a giant lobster * The...

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...

This issue as expected landed on president obama desk. President Barack Obama has announced a review of federal programs that transfer surplus military equipment to...

BLADEWORX is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 The disturbances and riots which broke out...

The US electrical grid remains alarmingly vulnerable to a variety of cyber threats. Judging by the number and type of cyber incidents reported to...