When operating at sea during nighttime, visibility can become a critical safety factor. Darkness, weather conditions and limited visibility can make it difficult to identify obstacles, vessels or potential hazards until they are very close. For this reason, professional operators increasingly rely on thermal cameras and thermal imaging technology, systems
Spy DVR Glasses: Discreet Video Recording Through a Hidden Camera
Have you ever wished you could record exactly what you see without carrying a traditional camera or holding a smartphone in your hand? Spy DVR glasses offer a practical solution by combining a normal-looking pair of glasses with a miniature camera and video recorder built directly into the frame. Unlike
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
CCTV Footage Analysis: How Intelligent Video Surveillance Works
Modern video surveillance systems are no longer limited to recording images and storing hours of footage. One of the biggest challenges in security monitoring has always been the analysis of recorded videos, especially when an important event is hidden inside hundreds of hours of recordings. In the past, security operators
Do you have a vehicles fleet? Track them by GPS
Companies that manage a fleet of vehicles need reliable tools to monitor operations, optimize resources and improve safety. From commercial cars assigned to sales teams to transportation vehicles, knowing the position and status of company vehicles has become an important part of modern fleet management. A vehicle fleet tracker based
Visually intelligent cameras for US Armed Forces
Visually Intelligent Cameras? The Department of Defense agency DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) which works on research projects on high technology devices that are then used in war areas to provide a sensible advantage to the US troops over their enemies, has started a tender for an application called