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As we have seen in a recent article, law enforcement officers working on investigation activities do not always have the chance to come close to their suspects to gather information, install miniature cameras or bugs to eavesdrop on conversations and so forth, to avoid putting their own safety at risk, or jeopardizing the whole operation. [...]
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Laser microphone for remote listening
November 18th, 2010 
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Robot snake, kill it and it will multiply
November 18th, 2010 admin When we were kids, in the countryside, we all played with earthworms, amused at how killing them by cutting them in two would have no success, and it would actually end up creating two of them. Apparently, the Israeli military researchers seem to have been inspired by earthworms to create their snake robot. In fact, [...]
A watch to spy on those around you
November 17th, 2010 admin Often the best way to hide something is to keep it right in front of others, or if it is a very small object, to hide it in a visible place, where nobody could ever think about looking for it, because it would be too obvious. This principle is applied very often when we talk [...]
Mass SMS to all phones in a given location is now possible
November 17th, 2010 admin It could be a first step towards a some sort of advertising Big Brother, which follows our cell phones everywhere to tell us that we really need to buy something which, incidentally, is on sale just a few meters away. If used in the right way, however, the BMC (Broadcast Message Center) system, developed by [...]
A bug to listen through the glass of a window
November 17th, 2010 admin When you need to listen to what happens inside a room, but you do not have the possibility to gain direct access to this environment to listen with your own ears, you must work to find an alternative. This also applies to the police or private detectives, when they need to gather evidence against dangerous [...]
Electricity almost everywhere, thanks to a hook
November 16th, 2010 admin The cables that carry electricity reach almost everywhere, to bring power in our homes and our offices. But for those who are engaged in war zones, having access to power lines can often be life saving. For example, American soldiers deployed in mountainous or desert areas, such as Iraq or Afghanistan, may face serious problems [...]
A Bluetooth headset or a bug?
November 16th, 2010 admin When, some years ago, the first Bluetooth headsets were starting to be used to talk through our mobile phone without removing it from our pocket, those who used them were often looked at in a strange or suspicious way, because they seemed to be talking to themselves in the middle of the road. Nowadays, the [...]
A memory 100,000 times faster than any hard disk
November 16th, 2010 admin If when you turn on your computer, the waiting time for it to boot seems longer every day, just wait a bit more: only 5 or 7 years, and your patience may be rewarded with computers that will be ready in literally an instant. In fact, at IBM, in cooperation with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale [...]
Marital infidelity? The solution is a spy phone
November 16th, 2010 admin Many of us, at least once in their life, happened to have doubts about the loyalty of their partner, due to strange behavior, suspicious absences, unexpected delays and the like. In many cases, fortunately, a simple talk with your husband or wife may easily chase away these doubts and make you realize that there is [...]
A sensor can sniff explosives better than any dog
November 16th, 2010 admin The recent discovery of explosives on board cargo planes, hidden in shipments originating from Yemen, has once again stressed the need to find a fast and accurate method to detect the presence of professional or homemade bombs on planes and not only. Currently, this task is entrusted to the highly sensitive sense of smell of [...]
