Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York...
Satellite imagery reveals Iranian UAV base developments
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base on the Iranian island of Qeshm has undergone significant development in recent years, as revealed by DigitalGlobe satellite...
HoverMast to be delivered to IDF
Sky Sapience will mark a significant company milestone on September 2, 2013, when it hands over the newly upgraded Hovermast-100, tethered hovering system for...
Israel has evidence on the Syrian chemical attack
Israeli sources said that the IDF’s intelligence unit, Unit 8200 – which, among other intelligence operations, routinely eavesdrops on communications among military and political leaders...
The future of American spy satellites is uncertain
In the next few weeks an unlikely government agency known more for weather than regulating satellites, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), may...
Encryption Expert: The Days Of Private Email Conversations ‘Are Long Over’
When American firm Silent Circle shut down its Silent Mail encrypted-email service earlier this month, it claimed that "e-mail as we know it today...
Fear on the web – no more privacy
A prominent legal news site, well known and respected for explaining the ins and outs of technology-related law, is shutting down over its founder's...
Stand off – Israel is watching Egypt from afar
In light of the recent developments in the Middle East Israel stepped up its intelligence-gathering efforts, mostly by electronic means, in order to detect...
Spy bugs – they can go anywhere, see and hear anything
Real science is quickly catching up to science fiction, especially when it comes to the latest amazing advances in miniaturization.
Some time ago a new...
Commercial unmanned air system (UAS) to be operational soon
Insitu is planning to launch the first U.S. commercial unmanned aircraft system operation following receipt of FAA type certification for its ScanEagle UAS on...
A European Spy Network
The European Union is pondering an EU Commission proposal to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, satellites, and planes as part of an “ambitious...
Big brother is watching your car in the U.S.
Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology available to law enforcement. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges,...
Optical tracking of people in indoor areas developed by Carnegie Mellon
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of...
Cockroaches in rescue missions?
North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a...
Israeli weapon systems on “Flying Cannon” ?
Israeli sources confirmed that Israeli weapons system may be added to the package for the MC-27J aircraft equipped with a 30 mm gun.
The planned gunship...
A new Miniature Thermal Sensor: The X-Lite
"Senso Optics", an Israeli company in the market of design, development and production of innovative thermal imaging technologies and advanced electro-optical solutions for military,...
The American “Big Brother” is listening
Since the disclosure of National Security Agency surveillance documents by the British newspaper The Guardian began this month, President Obama, top intelligence officials and...
Germany wants to gather more personal data
According to Der Spiegel, Germany's intelligence agency has a 100-million-euro plan to expand Internet surveillance. Meanwhile, the interior minister wants travelers to fill out...
A joint MALE European UAS – Israel out ?
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is evaluating the decision of three major European companies to develop a European Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned air...
Singapore will be a safe city
The Government of Singapore has chosen AGT International-O'Connor's to participate in its Safe City project. AGT-O'Connor's, with its consortium partner Hitachi, will implement a...
The ARMOR, developed in Israel, protects sensitive sites in the U.S.
A system developed in Bar Ilan University in Israel helps to protect sites in the U.S. against terror.
The Department of Homeland...
Surveillance and security – a booming market
The total global surveillance and security market generates revenues of approximately $81 billion per year. Individual country markets are growing in the range of...
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A Soft Robot Just Learned a Human-Like Sixth Sense
Most robots rely heavily on cameras and external tracking systems to understand their surroundings and control movement. But in cluttered, dark, or visually degraded...
