First Citywide Testing of Mobile Radiation Sensors Network
An advanced radioactive threat detection system completed its first large-scale citywide testing of more than 1,000 networked, mobile radiation sensors in Washington, D.C.
Several hundred...
Locating Radiation by The Mobile Phone
In accidents or terror attacks which are suspected to involve radioactive substances, it’s difficult to determine whether people nearby have been exposed to radiation...
New Drone Detection System for Urban Environments
In recent years, Singapore has been showing a deep interest in the drone business, and more specifically drone detection. The country has acquired an...
A Look Into The Future: Chemicel Scanners
Researchers from US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) tested a quadcopter dubbed Deep Purple during the SK Challenge at Utah's Dugway Proving Ground,...
Airports Coping With Laptop Ban
Manufacturers of airport security equipment may have a solution for travelers who fear they will have to give up laptops and tablet computers on...
Israeli academic institutions shoulder the development efforts focusing on Robotic solutions...
Israel's universities and institutes have teams developing various robots which will be capable of travelling across tunnels, overcome barriers and map their surroundings.
The last...
The Ebola epidemic: Carriers difficult to detect
On Thursday, the Nigerian government announced that they had started screening passengers at international airports for signs of Ebola after a passenger showed up...
Travelers from Ebola-affected nations restricted to 5 U.S. airports
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Tuesday that travelers from three West African Ebola-affected countries will now be required to enter the...
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S.
This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...
Hovering UAVs secure Jerusalem’s light train
BLADEWORX is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
The disturbances and riots which broke out...
NYPD equips officers with biometric smartphones
A new $160 million program will track police officers via GPS and give every officer a mobile fingerprint scanner.
New York Police Department officers and...
Is the Biometric Storage Safe? Hackers succeeded in replicating a fingerprint
Over the years, fingerprints have become one of the best decisive means of identification. Nevertheless, it would seem that technology has made a leap...
The device that will protect your vehicle from “Sticky bombs”
By: Eyal Avidov
So called ’Sticky bombs’ are becoming a global threat and are commonly used by terror groups, local mafia and other para-military organizations....
ImiLite on its way to more customers
Rafael is negotiating the sale of its ImiLite system to some more armed forces.
The German Air Force was the launch customer for the Rafael...
New License-Plate Reader Safer for Police Officers
A new license-plate technology will not only improve on efficiency, but also enhance police officer safety. The Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system scans...
Cloud based security systems – the Israeli innovation
In recent years, cloud based security systems have become the last word in security. It is hardly surprising that Israel is home to numerous...
New Video Monitoring and Security Solutions for Smart Cities
Three new Video Management Platform (VMP) models for video security and monitoring purposes were introduced by Hitachi Insight Group. The models combine virtualized compute...
The Little intruder catchers
They are small and well hidden and they can detect an invasion. You can find them along the borders of more than 30 countries,...
72 DHS Employees Listed On Terror Watch List
At least 72 employees at the Department of Homeland Security are listed on the U.S. terrorist watch list, according to a Democratic lawmaker.
Rep. Stephen...
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...
21st Century Airport Security is Here – Predictive Analytics
The 9/11 attacks are among the most well-known security threats, and they upended how we travel. To protect passengers and crews, airports have made...
iHLS TV Intelligence Edition – OSINT
OSINT: Open Source Intelligence enables intercepting both terrorists and criminals and thwarting their activities
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A New Flight Simulation System Models the Chaos of Wildfires
Training helicopter pilots for wildfire missions is particularly difficult because the environment itself is constantly changing. Smoke, shifting winds, rising heat, and the interaction...
