Autonomous Quadricopters as an Aerial Surveillance device? Approximately a week ago, we posted an article about a miniature quadricopters which can be controlled remotely thanks to an iPhone application, and that can be used for perimeter video surveillance, around parks or buildings, or even indoors thanks to the hulled rotors.
Category: Technology
Large technology research sector, in which various technical and scientific disciplines are involved, which studies the application and use of everything that can be functional to the solution of practical problems.
Encrypted mobile phones, for safe calls in the face of the Government
As we have seen in some recent posts, when they are not busy throwing accusations (or even missiles) at each other, the administrations of the Western and Eastern hemispheres are best friends when it comes to keeping their citizens’ freedom of expression and communication under control. If on one hand
Your GPS navigator? In your glasses
During the recent Wireless Japan expo, the Tokyo UEC (University of Electro-Communications) has presented the prototype of a wearable personal navigation system, which can easily be worn as it is contained inside a pair of special glasses. How GPS navigator work with glasses? In fact, we are not talking about
Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to put a ban on BlackBerry
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia place ban on Blackberry? As we have repeatedly seen lately, often governments love to stick their noses in their citizens’ private lives and businesses, with the all-round pretext of “national security reasons”, such as, for example, screening of phone calls in the quest for
Anti theft phone, for a quiet holiday time
In the summer months, when you leave your home for your well deserved holidays, what may keep you awake at night on the seaside or in the country, is the thought that your home may not be 100% protected from malicious intrusions. This worry may end up destroying an otherwise
Online privacy is no more
Online Privacy? Just in case no one has noticed it yet, nowadays all our online activities are under control, and can be analyzed and thoroughly inspected anytime, with the all-seasons excuse of not better specified “national security reasons” which, especially in the US, allow the government to temporarily keep aside
A GPS video camera for your outdoor fun
GPS video camera? Big manufacturers of portable video devices are rushing headlong into the field of the so-called Action Cams, that is, those mini video cameras suitable for being used during outdoor activities which can range from a simple day out in the country with a bicycle to the most
A sensor to detect head injuries
Protective sensor to detect head injuries? When one receives a blow to the head, it may happen that they do not realize how serious its effect are before it’s too late and there is unfortunately nothing to do. In order to assess the level of harm caused by underestimated impacts,
Organized crime wants your personal data
Organized crime wants your personal data through data theft protection? According to a report recently published by Verizon, approximately 85 per cent of thefts of personal data and unauthorized access to restricted information (out of which, 38 per cent is represented by theft of usernames and passwords) can be directly
Military UAVs for scientific use
Military UAVs? Generally, people are prone to thinking that the military has a very tight relationship with technologies, keeping for themselves all those devices they use to do their job, devices which in some cases hit the civilian applications market only a few years after having been thoroughly used by