iHLS TV – Cyber task force, new UASs, laser-guided artillery shell,...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (11 November 2014):
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force: NCIJTF
New UASs: SpyLite mini and BlueBird
Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided...
U.S. air marshal in quarantine after suspected Ebola syringe attack at...
An American federal air marshal was placed in quarantine in Houston, Texas yesterday after being attacked Sunday night at the Lagos airport in Nigeria....
Four DARPA projects that could change the world
Forty years ago, a group of researchers with military money set out to test the wacky idea of making computers talk to one another...
First Responders’ New Best Friend – Tele-Medical Drone
Two new disaster drones delivered medical packages to victims and rescue personnel in a simulated mass casualty event recently at John Bell Airport in...
Clear and present danger: hazardous materials
Experts have recently alerted the authorities to the Hazmat risk posed by hundreds of contaminated, closed nuclear weapons facilities in the U.S.
Hundreds of ramshackle...
iHLS Worldwide News – Keeping You In the Loop
An American Jihadist, Douglas Mccain, 33, was killed in Syria last weekend fighting for the ISIS extremists, he was killed in a battle with...
Are we protected from Agroterrorism ?
The word “terrorism” is typically associated with bomb and bullets, but security experts say that there are other types of terrorism which may bring...
How long should an emergency message be to prove effective?
Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...
Ransomware Could Target Medical Devices
Medical devices may not be ever-present in headlines, but that does not mean no new developments in the field happen. Rather, in recent years...
Next-Gen 911: Two States, Two Approaches to Implementation
Connecticut and Kansas are working to install next-generation 911 systems, which some say are a necessity in an ever-burgeoning wireless mobile society.
A citizen at...
iHLST TV Special Edition – Ebola: the new epidemic that is...
The Ebola epidemic is continuing to spread, with the current death toll at 1500 and the number of patients estimated at 2500. This outbreak...
Color-changing film detects chemical weapons
A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents.
In today’s world, in which the threat of...
The US military is intensifying the fight against Ebola
A 30-person team of medical specialists training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas are expected to wrap up on Saturday, DOD spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson...
Emergency Water Supply
Water shortage is a form of weapon. Without water, no army can function and the civilian population crumbles to the point of violent clashes...
iHLS TV – Ebola sensor, Self-healing computers, the Chinese civilian UAV...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (18 November 2014):
Low-cost Ebola sensor
Self-healing computers: next step in fighting hackers
The Chinese civilian UAV market
Morocco to assist UAE...
Drones are taking pictures that could demystify a Malaria surge
Four hundred feet above a Malaysian forest, a three-foot eBee drone hovers and takes pictures with a 16-megapixel camera every 10 to 20 seconds....
Scientists identify weak spots in Ebola’s defenses
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified weak spots on the surface of Ebola virus that are targeted by the antibodies in ZMapp, the...
UPS Tests Drone Delivery Options
Shipping giant UPS has launched testing of drones to deliver packages to remote and difficult to reach locations.
UPS begun the tests recently using a...
iHLS Worldwide News – Keeping You In the Loop
Isis is trying to develop biological weapons. Foreign Policy quotes information found on a laptop computer seized from an ISIS operative in the Irbil...
WATCH: Underwater Robot That Will Clean Fukushima
After an earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated Japan’s coastal areas and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, plans were...
The number of labs handling deadly germs grows, and so do...
The number of labs handling dangerous pathogens continues to grow, and so does the number of accidents involving dangerous pathogens.
The number of reported accidents...
2015 Will Be Remembered As A Turning Point In Israeli Robotics
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Professor. Zvi Shiller is the Chairman of the Israeli Robotics Association, a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Faculty of...
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Keeping frontline units supplied has always been one of the most dangerous tasks in military operations. Vehicles carrying ammunition, equipment, and spare parts often...
