Safe / Smart City

Surveillance cameras guidelines were issued in the UK in order to assure that the public is protected, but not spied on. Surveillance Camera Commissioner...

Audio analytics capabilities are increasing right alongside the more commonly used video analytics. Integrators who ignore audio are missing an opportunity to create better...

Preventive detection of radiological or nuclear materials means using the right detector systems and processes to prevent someone from using radioactive material as a...

The American research institute RAND has published a research according to which internet-based technologies could aid criminal justice agencies and law enforcement in general...

Would you agree giving up your privacy in exchange for a more comfortable life? Judging by the way our society looks today, it seems...

Mexico City doubles its municipal security system, adding thousands of additional cameras. Mexico city recently signed a contract with the Latin American security company Telmex,...

A DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) program aimed at preventing nuclear threats was successfully demonstrated as part of DARPA’s SIGMA program. SIGMA was...

Researchers are developing methods to evaluate the risk posed by small unmanned aircraft to anyone on the ground. The research is key to enabling...

It's 2035, and a city of more than 10 million people is in a state of crisis plagued by insurgency, internal corruption and struck...

Hitachi announced that it will begin providing "walk-through type explosives trace detection system" for critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants and data centers...

If you live in the state of New York, reporting crimes and suspicious activity has just gotten a whole lot simpler. The New York...

Two hours ago the AUS&R convention, hosted by iHLS has begun. The annual convention, the fourth and biggest of it’s kind, will focus on...

Constantly updating systems capable of confronting the changing threats should be developed, this is one of the recommendations regarding IoT cyber threats, according to...

A UK startup wants to turn digital video cameras into monitors for use in prisons, hospitals, and assisted-living homes. Oxehealth is one of five finalists...

The city of Herzliya is now opening registration for batch 3 of HAC Vertical Accelerator for smart and safe cities. The accelerator, an initiative...

A new platform aims to provide deep learning analytics to video streams produced from smart city applications. Nvidia’s platform, Metropolis, takes data captured by...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (28 October 2014): Ebola possibly weaponized Safe City projects US next generation bunker-buster bombs New Hovermast unveiled Euclid antenna pedestals

The Internet of Things (IoT) trend is becoming more central in our lives and surrounds us everywhere. In everyday life this means the smart...

Can math help keep our streets safer? A new study by a UCLA-led team of scholars and law enforcement officials suggests the answer is...

New York has not recently suffered a devastating terror attack of the likes that struck London, Madrid, and Paris. An attack on such a...

If you think that smartphones have already become the center of our everyday life, stop and think again. It’s already possible to open doors...

A visual data analytics platform was developed based on a technology that focuses on delivering real-time information for first responders. Davista Technologies is targeting law...