Public Health
New Program Detects Chemical Threats
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now testing new chemical sensors that can assist easily detecting nuclear, biological, chemical, radioactive, and explosive...
Radar System Alerts Boaters of Upcoming Dangers
A new Radar system alerts boats of upcoming dangers such as turbulence and weather conditions.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and New...
Israeli Wearable Tech to Monitor Vital Signs on Emergency
The U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) wants to see prevention, detection and response to health...
Machine Learning to Predict Injuries
Ground-breaking research recently used big data analysis and machine learning to develop a model in order to predict the development of pressure injuries among...
New Apps Enhance Public Safety
Five public safety apps have been added by FirstNet (First Responders Network Authority) to its public communications platform.
FirstNet is an independent authority within the...
LiDAR Will Protect You from Autonomous Systems
As integration of both autonomous drones and driverless cars in our societies approaches, the race to safety in both industries increases, as to keep...
Poland Invites Israeli Drone Industry to Cooperate
Last Monday, October 15, iHLS’s AUS&R conference hosted a plethora of startups, organizations and individuals from the industry of Unmanned Systems. A unique addition...
U.S. Military Develops Controversial Technology
DARPA, a research arm of the U.S. military, is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes....
Aircrews Enhance Performance Using Wearable Medical Technology
US Air Force is using new wearable medical technology which bring advanced deployed medical capabilities further forward on the battlefield.
Researchers from Wright-Patterson Air Force...
Cell-Phone Tech will Detect Zika Virus
Researchers are trying to transform a smartphone into a Zika detecting device. A new research details efforts to rapidly and accurately diagnose Zika using...
Meet Internet of Life-Saving Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) will be able to contribute to emergency life-saving missions (IoLST). Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the US soon...
New Tech Enhances First Responders Capabilities
Emergency first responders often lack a standard system that supplies vital information about people who have been in an accident or who are suffering...
Military Medicine Adapts to Future Battlefield
The demands of future battlefields will force the military medical community to prepare for operational environments that are vastly different. Enemy air superiority may...
IDF Unit 669 for Combat Rescue, Evacuation & Airborne Medicine
IDF special unit 669 is the Israeli Air Force’s Airborne Rescue And Evacuation Unit, and one of IDF’s four special units. The unit defines...
Advanced Military Radar to Track Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes have claimed more human lives than all wars combined – their infectious bites still cause more than 1 million deaths each year, according...
Israel’s MDA and Border Police Collaborate in Maritime Emergency
MDA, Israel's national medical emergency service, will operate a new personal watercraft equipped for maritime emergency situations, that will help improve the period of...
2018 – Smart City Breakthrough Year
Smart city development has progressed over the past few years, with most of the conversation surrounding smart city planning has so far focused on...
Egozi: The Annual Purim Debacle – Firecrackers Are Explosives
By Arie Egozi
It is hard to understand how a state like Israel, maintaining intense security measures in its airports and ports is unable to...
Factors To Consider When Buying A Police UAS
Law enforcement agencies across the US are adopting unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for operations ranging from search and rescue to traffic accident reconstruction and...
Paramedics Are Now Piloting BLVO Drones
Paramedics in Canada can now see the bigger picture, as Federal authorities in the country has granted a county in the Ontario Province a...
New Software to Prevent Biological Attacks
US Federal research facilities rely on internet-connected devices to automate many basic building functions like ventilation, heating and security, as well as more hazardous...
Facial Thermography Can Assess Pilot’s Mental Pressure
With the skies becoming ever more congested, pilots and air traffic controllers have to juggle a number of tasks and mental pressure on the...
