UAVs Have Become a Means, Not a Target
The drone industry has been shifting from hardware to the software, imagery and information fields.
$55 million were invested in eight high-risk deals in...
New Software Tool Will Secure Live-Fire Training
Munitions ricochet during live-fire training can endanger the warfighters. In order to better protect them during training, a new Google Maps-style software tool has...
Industries Lobby Hard to Fly Their Drones as FAA Decision Looms
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to soon publish regulations that have been years in the making on drones flying through American airspace for business...
How drones are helping the Nepal earthquake relief effort
Drones are proving a crucial high-tech tool for aid workers in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. With the death toll from Saturday’s...
The Israeli Startup: Choose Your Favourite Content Via WaveIt
One of the best things about the meteoric growth of alternative media publications are the number of memes, gifs, and cute animal videos that...
Global Company Rolls Out New Security Information Management System
A new physical security technology has been taking the management of sensors further. Siemens’ Siveillance Viewpoint for physical security information management (PSIM) is part of...
New strategic project to implement cyber security platform for advanced applications
A new joint collaboration with CELARE, cyber security subsidiary of the BATM Advanced Communications, to implement cyber security platform for large enterprises based on...
Thermal performance breakthrough achieved
Thermal resistance is of great interest to electronic engineers, since most sensitive electrical components generate heat and need to be cooled. Allowing heat to...
These robots are stranded inside a nuclear disaster
A Tokyo utility company recently sent two specially-designed robots on an ill-fated mission into the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to assess the damage. Four...
Is Your Android Device Really Secure?
We have written before about China building its own secure smartphone ecosystem - including a homegrown operating system and even processing chips - all...
With Air Traffic Control – Drone Deliveries Closer Than Ever
Before thousands of drones hit the skies to make widespread package delivery a reality, there’s going to have to be some kind of air...
ISIS Secure Messaging App Uncovered
ISIS is known for its strong affinity to modern technological solutions, using encrypted apps like Telegram to communicate in secret from prying eyes, and...
FAA proposes new UAS regulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a framework of regulations allowing routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...
Top Secret communication app
Irvine, California-based USMobile, a developer of private mobile phone services, launched the Scrambl3 app yesterday , a smartphone app that enables users to create...
San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone – “Dormant Cyber Pathogen”?
In a surprising plot twist in the ongoing legal saga of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone case, the local District Attorney Michael Ramos is...
New Kit Transforms Drones into Testing Environment
The French company Parrot has launched a development kit for designing advanced applications for drones. Just attach the Parrot S.L.A.M.dunk (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping)...
UAV Ordered Via the Smartphone will Light the Street
Insurance provider Direct Line’s new Fleetlights service intends to bring peace of mind to anyone walking, running, or driving at night by illuminating their...
Technology’s answer to e-crime
Cyber crime, aka e-Crime, presents a highly complex and sophisticated threat that has been evolving rapidly recently. The unfolding legitimate cyber world makes for...
Wireless Charging
Have we completely given up on privacy?
When it comes to wireless charging, aka wireless power, the answer is probably ’yes’.
Though they have become indispensable...
User-Centric Control Reduces Drone Accidents
As the activity of flying drones becomes increasingly widespread, drone accidents are also increasing. Many of these accidents are related to operational issues and,...
MDA’s new cellular positioning technology
A traffic accident in some remote road in the middle of the night. Someone calls 911, at which point the call center asks 'what...
The unmanned aerial sentries of the U.S.-Mexican border
Unmanned air systems (UAS) are very active in controlling the border between the U.S and Mexico
Since 2000, the number of Border Patrol agents on...
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This Rifle Upgrade Times Every Shot to Help Hit Fast-Moving Drones
Small drones have become a difficult target for infantry. They can approach quickly, change direction and present a much smaller target than a conventional...
