Israeli Startups And the Future of Firefighting
Tyco Innovation, a branch of that global leader in fire and security solutions, has snagged up some inventive Israeli startups that could help save...
Big Data Will Protect Megacities
Urban living is soon to become the dominant form of human habitation. In 2014, more than half the global population resided in cities. It’s...
Israel’s First Accelerator For A Smart and Safe City
The city of Herzliya is now opening registration for batch 3 of HAC Vertical Accelerator for smart and safe cities. The accelerator, an initiative...
An Inventive Solution For Smart City Infrastructure
According to data from the ministry of national infrastructure, by 2030 the population in cities of the world is expected to grow to 5...
Why Is Microsoft Drowning Its Servers?
We sometimes tend to think of the internet as some ethereal thing. We connect to the WiFi, and it’s just there - Facebook, YouTube,...
US Government pledges nearly $4 billion to kickstart self-driving cars
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx revealed plans for a six month initiative to prepare for a world of autonomous vehicles, as well as...
FAROS – The Wall Climbing, Flying, Firefighting Drone
Fires in skyscrapers are considered some of the most dangerous, as was depicted in the 1974 American disaster film “Towering Inferno.” To help firefighters,...
LA Olympic Games Security Could Cost As Much As $2 Billion
Security for the 2024 Olympics could cost $1 billion and more, if the games take place in Los Angeles, according to some estimates.
In an...
Mobile Technology for The Family’s Safety
Avi Yariv
Different cities around the world face different security challenges. Those challenges are a outcome of many parameters: economy, poverty, the Culture, the attitude...
IoH – Internet of Humans
By Avi Yariv
A few weeks ago I heard a presentation of CEO of a leading Israeli company, developing technologies for IoT – the new...
Big Data Can Help Fight Crime
The amount of data floating around the world is huge. According to some estimates, 4.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily around the...
Public Wants Body Cameras For Police Officers – Do Officers?
The use of force and police behavior continue to be a prominent topic in the media. Several recent high-profile incidents involving police use of...
NYPD & Feds Conduct Active Shooter Exercise
New York has not recently suffered a devastating terror attack of the likes that struck London, Madrid, and Paris. An attack on such a...
Business Joins Academia For Large-Scale Face-Search To Fight Crime, Terrorism
Surveillance cameras are omnipresent on modern life. In a famous example, London, England has one camera for every fourteen residents. The big problem is...
The Necessary Use of Terrain Dominance Technologies
In today’s world of terror threats and subversive elements operating within countries’ borders, intelligence has never been more crucial. With no opposing country to...
Effective Defending of Municipal Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks
Daniel Ehrenreich
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) experts are well aware that there is no single measure ("no silver bullet") that provides absolute cyber...
Tesla’s Powerwall Is Soon Available For Purchase
In April this year Tesla announced another one of its revolutionary technologies - the Powerwall. The announcement immediately garnered much attention and in the...
Reporting Crime With Your Smartphone
If you live in the state of New York, reporting crimes and suspicious activity has just gotten a whole lot simpler. The New York...
Fighting Crime With Big Data
by Konstantin Bodragin
Computers predicting crime have become a staple of science fiction films, but it could soon be a reality. The way it works...
IoT Could Turn Our Cities Into Cyber Battlegrounds
The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing rapidly. The number of internet-connected devices is expected to hit 6.4 billion in 2016, and to surpass...
Security Technology Can Save The Euro 2016 Games
The UEFA European Football Championship is one of the world’s most prestigious football tournaments, second only to the World Cup. The competition is held...
Technology Can Rival Terror
Due to recent events - terror attacks in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and terror threats and alerts in most parts of the...
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Metal That Behaves Like a Gel Could Redefine High-Temperature Systems
A research team at Texas A&M University has developed the world’s first metallic gel — a new class of material that combines the strength...
