Eavesdropping Devices? Those who follow Italian political life will certainly be aware of the controversy that the bill on telephone eavesdropping is arising not only between the ruling coalition and its opposition, but also within the Italian governmental majority. Not only the centre-left opposition, but a large chunk of the
A spy airship as big as a football field
Technology keeps thrusting forward, especially in the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) field, where new pilotless aircraft, always smaller and more powerful, are being created every second day. Sometimes though, time seems to leap backwards, and in this specific field it seems to give an unexpected nod to good old airships,
Thermal cameras, for clear images even in the dark of night
When you are out on the open sea, surrounded by total darkness, it is very difficult to notice and be aware of an impending danger, especially if this danger is represented by other boats approaching your with lights off and with not exactly friendly intentions. For boats that are not
Spy DVR Glasses
Spy DVR Glasses? How many times did we wish that we could record the images passing before our eyes, either for leisure (like an evening out with friends) or for work 8for example on a confidential meeting) and that we could do it while the people around us are unaware?
Micro helicopters can perch on walls just like insects
Micro helicopters? The latest novelty in the MAV (Micro Aerial Vehicles) field is coming from the heart of old Europe, and more precisely from Switzerland, where a student from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne is at work on the development of a swarm of flying micro transmitters, capable of
Freedom of expression is at risk, to provide more security
Freedom of Expression under threat by the gag bill of cybersecurity? Just like it is happening (or at least, some are trying to make it happen) in Italy, where the Berlusconi government is trying to have a bill approved which would dramatically limit freedom of expression, thus placing a gag
The first supersonic jet with vertical takeoff and landing
Supersonic Jet? For the first time in history of military aviation, a jet fighter capable of taking off and landing vertically, and also equipped with Stealth capabilities to escape enemy radars, has been able to flay beyond the wall of sound. How supersonic jet able to take off and land
A wall is not enough to stop a radar camera
Radar Camera? In Japan, researchers from the public broadcasting company NHK are working on the development of a new kind of camera called “millimeter wave”, which works with a principle similar to radars, and is capable of visualizing images of objects and people thanks to the usage of radio waves
Telephone interception on the rise in the US. And in Italy?
In the US and Italy phone interception systems are being made normal and , the public opinion is extremely sensitive when it comes to financial crimes, especially when Wall Street is involved, where huge sums of money are constantly moving; these huge sums are often made up of normal people’s
How not to lose a single detail out of your CCTV footage
CCTV footage monitoring ? When you are using a closed circuit TV system, in case of particular events it may happen to have to sit and closely watch hours and hours of footage that always looks the same, to find those few seconds in which something important is happening and try