Phone jammer is now a necessity. Imagine being on a overcrowded city bus during the rush hour. There are those who converse with their neighbours and those who, instead, talk on the phone out loud, irritating the ear of the passengers. How many times have you found yourself in such
Researchers reveal the vulnerability of CCTV cameras.
We live in a world where surveillance CCTV cameras are quite wide spread and often give us the impression of living in a huge Big Brother. Despite the various controversies about privacy, they have, however, proved their effectiveness in preventing crimes and in helping to identify and stop dangerous criminals.
A gun that launches rings of smoke to ward off attackers … and much more!
Inspired by children’s toy guns that launch smoke rings, Battelle, a U.S. Company from Columbus, Ohio, has made a real electrical smoke gun capable of launching several rings of gaseous substances or an electrical charge. What Is The Electrical Smoke Gun? According to the researchers, this electrical smoke gun is able
Explosive or toxic substances? An application for smartphones tells you how to behave!
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released last month an explosive detection application for iOS and Android that can provide information on how to behave in case of detection of explosive material or leakage of toxic substances. What Can the Explosive Detection App Do? Imagine a police officer who finds
From the U.S, an anti-theft shoe.
Bag snatching is on the rise and an anti theft shoe is the cure. Going through dark streets at night to join friends, going back home through desolate streets. In big cities this is not always “a walk”. Indeed, what might seem the norm exposes us to great risks, such
Too many mosquitoes? Be careful, perhaps they are watching you!
We have already written in this blog about drone insects, real insects equipped with micro cameras and microphones to act as bugs or totally artificial insects, able to perform these same functions. Beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, and other insects with a big size, are indispensable for transporting mini equipment which
A weapon that causes debate: Taser, the electric gun.
Whether men or women you can use Taser gun, crime never pays, and to prove there is this video showing a woman thief who enters a subway restaurant and tries to steal the takings. Movements are those of a professional thief: bringing a weapon, she jumps over the counter, opens
A do-it-yourself drone who discovers the password and intercept calls.
A DIY Drone? Yes! Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins, respectively, a former cyber security contractor and a former engineering systems consultant at the American Air Force, have shown, during a security conference, held last year in Las Vegas, a do-it-yourself drone aircraft, 6 feet long (1.80 m c.ca) and weighing
A remote-controlled mini-helicopter that can see through concrete walls.
The U.S. company TiaLinx Inc had already designed a mini robot, the Cougar20-H, able, thanks to some special sensors, to detect a person breathing through a concrete wall. However, the robot showed limited mobility, as it was a rolling ground-based device. The manufacturer has however managed to solve the motion
From the USA, a scanner that will know everything about you from 164 feet away!
It will probably be available in one or two years, tells the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a Multipurpose Scanner ever seen before, that will know everything about people scanned: substances in the body and clothes, whether there are traces of drugs, explosives or other hazardous chemicals. And all this