Surveillance, Protection & Detection - page 459

What if it were possible to detect the exact moment a theft was committed and surreptitiously be able to pinpoint the identity and location of the thief? An impossible scenario? Not anymore.

Perimeter security has come a long way in terms of technologies and techniques. But one major question remains.

Researchers At Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, are working on a new form of biometric: The possible use of brain waves to unlock doors and access buildings, automatic teller machines and bank accounts.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has taken center stage in efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to more effectively patrol US borders—and is having an impact on all the agency's plans for deploying integrated surveillance technology.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, based in San Diego, Calif., is a subsidiary of privately held General Atomics, which manufactures UAVs and surveillance and radar imaging systems.

Super Bowl XL will be a day of fun, entertainment and excitement—except for those for whom security is no game.

Designed to float through the air, the next generation of wireless sensing networks that can detect the presence of sarin in the air, track the plume from a biological terror attack, perform battlefield surveillance or simply monitor buildings and public spaces could just be “smart dust”—networks of intelligent, speck-sized machines that resemble powder.

Providing surveillance and protecting critical infrastructure is no simple task—but a variety of breakthroughs are taking this kind of security into the 21st century.

As big events become bigger and more complex, so do the challenges in securing them—and so does the technology assisting their protectors.

New advances in explosives detection and X-rays are advancing the safety of the flying public.