Drones to Help Police Investigate Car Crashes
A new Massachusetts police department drone will soon provide investigators reconstructing car accidents with a much-needed eye in the sky — and is expected...
NYPD & Feds Conduct Active Shooter Exercise
New York has not recently suffered a devastating terror attack of the likes that struck London, Madrid, and Paris. An attack on such a...
Start-Up: Zeroing a Weapon with One Shot
During the last decades, combat soldiers were forced to waste precious time, energy and ammunition in order to zero their rifles. A new development...
Rand Corparation to Operate Homeland Security Center
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected the RAND Corporation, an American nonprofit global policy think tank, to operate the Homeland Security...
Military and Civilian Innovations – at the IOT Conference
The leading IoT experts and companies from the IDF and the industries participated at the conference today, organized by iHLS on the Internet of...
Britain’s Border Control Systems Frequently Crashes
The Telegraph reports that the computer system used to protect “Britian’s borders by screening passengers for terrorists and criminals has crashed multiple times,” according...
A Moroccan wanted to bomb Harvard University
A Moroccan man made repeated statements about wanting to bomb Harvard University and Homeland Security offices in Hartford, Connecticut, a prosecutor said Thursday.
According to...
Hackers Penetrate, Control Water Utility
Hackers managed to gain privileged access to a water utility’s control system and change “the levels of chemicals being used to treat tap water,”...
New Key Offensive Cyber Player: Germany
A special cyber security unit of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) conducted its first offensive cyber operation abroad when it broke into an internal...
Cyber Defense Software Development Gets DHS Funding
A cyber defense software program is one of only eight technologies funded this year by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The program distinguishes...
No More White Nights for FireFighters?
The Fire Station Alerting System, PrimeAlert, is supposed to help speed response times & reduce stress and sleep deprivation for first responders in Ohio
Locution...
Robot Assistance Following Italian Earthquake
In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Italian town of Amatrice and its surrounding region a couple of months ago, Italian authorities...
Internet of Things (IOT) Network Advances in Europe
A nationwide coverage of the Netherlands in a wireless Internet of things (IoT) network was completed last month. The network can connect sensors monitoring...
The Optimal Solution for Home Security
More and more home and business owners are looking for advanced, trustworthy solutions to enhance their security. Safeguarding outdoor assets in a reliable and...
US DHS “Climbs” the Cloud
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is embracing cloud technology, agile methodology and open-source development in an effort to better carry out its...
New Start-Up for DHS Wearable Technology Accelerator
Vault RMS, the company behind the platform that tracks firefighters’ exposure to toxic substances, announced earlier this month that it was accepted into the...
Cyber Terrorists Are Gaining Ground
The field of cyber warfare has brought about a paradigm shift in the old balance of power. Sheer force of numbers and financial and...
Portugal’s Azore Islands as Arena for UAV Testing
Drone USA, a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and related technologies, announced it has entered into an agreement enabling the...
Major Contribution to Search and Rescue Unmanned Systems Development
The various teams of first responders and their agencies play a major role in coping with natural and human-made disasters, and they need the...
“Bugs” to Assist First Responders
An original technology allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large and unsafe zones, like cities...
Big Data for Intelligence and Security
Big data is all about storing, processing and retrieving information. Data may include calls to the police, phone calls, video and photos recorded by...
Fast Draw – Jerusalem shooting
First they invented the concept “Unorganized Terrorism”, now it’s the turn of the “un-intended shooting”
The first concept refers to attacks by Palestinians on Israelis...
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Soldiers Could Soon Wear Battlefield AI on Their Wrists
Modern soldiers can receive information from drones, sensors and other units, but getting that data to the person who needs it becomes difficult when...
