How to protect U.S. grid from cyber attacks
The US electrical grid remains alarmingly vulnerable to a variety of cyber threats. Judging by the number and type of cyber incidents reported to...
Will the Polygraph be Replaced by Eye-Scanners?
Eye-scanners that detect deception appear to hold much promise, and are faster and cheaper than traditional polygraph tests, for example during employee recruitment processes....
Ghost Imaging – Capture Moving Objects With Light
An unconventional imaging method is known as ghost imaging. One of its advantages is that it allows one to form an image by illuminating...
UC Santa Cruz Professor Builds Model of Low-Cost Ebola Sensor
A quick, low-cost test for Ebola may be available within a few years, thanks to UC Santa Cruz researcher Ahmet Ali Yanik. Similar to...
Revolution in Suspect Vehicle Detection
Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are a specialized camera often mounted on police cars that can scan at speeds of up to 60 plates...
AI Tech to Detect Batteries in Airplanes’ Cargo
With more people using battery packs, such as those in drones, cameras, or simply power bricks to charge the many devices we own, it’s...
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...
Safe City meets Big Data on the corner of Video Analytics
With the advent of technological development and the significant reduction in the cost of video end user devices, one would be hard pressed to...
Rafael’s Missile Technologies Recruited to Fight COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the capabilities of Israeli defense industries in the adaptation of their technologies and innovations to the healthcare field, creating...
Physics-Based Innovation will Improve Airport Security Screening
A new technology will enable airport security scanners to detect explosives in an improved method. A team of physicists at the University of Sussex,...
New mobile passport control app available
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the launch of the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the U.S.
Mobile...
Israel’s Aviation Security – the Problems and the Solutions
Security measures encompassing Israel's aviation are unique. The special circumstances Israel faces, constantly threatened by terror attacks have lead to these solutions. When the...
Image Recognition – Can Computers be Fooled?
Cornell researchers have found that like humans, computers based on machine learning can be fooled by optical illusions, which raises security concerns.
Cornell graduate student...
Will the Advanced Security Robot Replace Security Teams?
A new automated security robot was launched at an international show in Florida. INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) for security was produced by...
Israel’s Defense Industry and R&D Recruited to Address Coronavirus Pandemic
Israel is recruiting cutting-edge defense R&D and industries to address the Coronavirus pandemic. Israel’s health and defense establishments asked the defense industries to help...
Chemical Identification, Now a Basic Capability
FLIR Systems has recently announced the Griffin G510 Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS). The device is essentially a first person-portable chemical identifier. The FLIR Griffin...
Big Data in the Service of Special Operations
The screening process for the US Air Force’s elite Special Warfare troops is highly selective, and the training course candidates face a gantlet of...
RFID-reading drone in UAE
RFID-Reading drone tracks structural steel products in storage yard.
Age Steel, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company that operates steel yards in Dubai, has taken...
New Video Analytics Technology for Challenging Conditions
A new video analytic technology launched recently is suitable for real-world scenarios where monitoring conditions are challenging.
Face Recognition video analytic is ideally suited...
TSA asked To Allow Privately Trained Dogs to Screen Cargo
The U.S. Air forwarders Association told a congressional panel that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) should move toward permitting private contractors to train explosive-sniffing...
Coping with COVID-19 Does Not Mean Neglecting Security
Efforts to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic challenges might neglect security concerns that keep on being present. A dual-threat detection system can both detect...
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...
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