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
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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.
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
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
360-degree video surveillance camera for a complete visual coverage
Video Surveillance cameras, which nowadays can be seen at any street corner in our cities, use “fish-eye” lenses to cover an angle as wide as possible. Of course though, a fish-eye lens would end up providing a distorted image, especially on the outer edges, offering a wide view but a
Do you have a vehicles fleet? Track them by GPS
vehicle fleet tracker? For companies that have a fleet of company vehicles, either cars entrusted to agents, sales representatives or managers, or trucks for cargo transportation, it is important to keep their movements under control, not only to make sure that it is used according to company guidelines instead of
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
Spy Phone gets an upgrade and records phone calls
Spy Phone gets an upgrade? As our faithful readers may happen to know, one of the most important products in the surveillance field among those marketed by us, as well as the most asked for and popular, is certainly the Spy Phone, or more specifically spy mobile phone, which thanks
A GPS navigation system for helicopters by Garmin
GPS Navigation System? Systems manufactured by Garmin are the world’s standard of reference when it comes to GPS navigation and orientation, both on the ground and in the air. The latest product launched by the Kansas City corporation is an item that is designed for use on helicopters using visual