Companion of every moment of daily life, the technology doesn’t abandon us even after the death. The idea comes from England by Stephen Nimmo, director of the funeral home “Chester Pearce” di Poole, that he thought to enclose the memory of the dead in Death QR Code (Quick Responses Code).
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.
One second to identify a person: the new FBI system
Its name is NGI, Next Generation Identification, the ultra-fast program that will allows to the FBI to identify in a very short time the americans offenders. How i twill do? It will do by connecting to a database containing photographs, iris scans, fingerprints, voice samples, DNA samples and much more.
Surveillance and security, the robot that acts like a guard in the flesh.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is launching a new humanoid robot called Petman that could be used for military or civilian use, in rescue operations, for example. The new robots would not only be able to walk and run, but also to climb stairs, get into a vehicle and
From Spain a system to fool biometric scanners.
Researchers at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid and West Virginia University have discovered a way to mislead iris biometric scanners used for access control in certain places. Can a Biometric Scanner Be Bypassed? When security systems based on iris scan create an imprint of the iris itself, they do not
USA, a robot creates a Wi-Fi network and performs reconnaissance.
It is not a simple WiFi robot for cracking Wi-Fi networks, but so much more. It is an robot made of aluminium with the shape of a tank and is able to create a Wi-Fi network and to extend it in potentially dangerous and hazardous places, where connecting to the
A “smart suit” which increases soldiers’ physical endurance.
A smart suit for defense? Yes. We are accustomed to different instruments used by law enforcement and military for self-defense purposes and to strengthen human capacity. Man is transformed, thanks to technology, in a veritable superman, combining intelligence, human natural strength and robotics. Smart Suit – Defense In The Future?
U.S.A., a man jams mobile phone calls on a city bus.
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