• Perimeter security market: Big and growing

    The perimeter security market is growing, and that growth offers many opportunities for niche security vendors as well as integrators;

  • Perimeter security: much is yet to be done

    Multiple jurisdictions, a large number of stake holders, and lack of extensive and specific mandates from TSA make airport perimeter security a daunting task — a task which many airports are yet to address effectively

  • Intellio makes its products more affordable

    Intellio, a player in the global market for on-board intelligent solutions in surveillance cameras; company reshuffles its product portfolio, with changes primarily affecting products that fall into the Building and Perimeter Protection segment as these solutions have been the highest in demand

  • U.K. approves Honeywell analytics product

    U.K. Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) approves Honeywell’s new Active Alert v4.7 video analytics solution as an Imagery Library for Intelligent Detection Systems, or i-LIDS; product is now approved for government use in applications for perimeter detection and protection across critical infrastructure facilities

  • Compressed-air gun stops terrorist boats in their tracks

    Compressed air is used on the shoulder-held device to propel a line from a pursuing boat which drags with it a high-tech, high tensile net to disable the target craft’s propulsion system

  • "Active cloak" protects buildings from earthquakes

    Researchers say real objects could be cloaked by active cloaking — which means the technology uses devices that actively generate electromagnetic fields rather than being composed of “metamaterials” (exotic metallic substances) that passively shield objects from passing electromagnetic waves

  • Mexican cartels smuggle oil to US

    Mexican drug cartel have a new revenue stream: they siphon oil from Mexican government pipelines and smuggle it into the U.S., where the oil is sold to refineries

  • Smart grid gold rush

    The competition among companies offering smart grid technology has grown to be pretty fierce in recent years, even more so lately given the $11 billion allocated in the federal government’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act

  • Cybersecurity is now a must for the grid, II

    Cyber security has become a permanent part of running an electric plant because connectivity to the outside world is inevitable; plants are bringing together the expertise of consultants, vendors, and their IT departments to ensure that they are well protected

  • Scientists develop self-healing surface material

    The human skin, when scratched or cut, heals quickly, in most cases leaving no trace of a scar after just a few days; German scientists develop surface material with similar qualities

  • $7.7 million in stimulus funds for airport surveillance announced

    The stimulus package committed more than $3 billion for homeland security projects through DHS and GSA; of the $1 billion allocated to TSA for aviation security projects, $700 million is dedicated to screening checked baggage and $300 million is allocated for checkpoint explosives detection technology

  • Using cell phones to predict floods

    Researchers show that variations in microwave transmissions, specifically those used to connect up cell towers, can be used to measure humidity and thus predict flooding

  • Experts: local and regional approach better for addressing radioactive waste

    The Obama administration has stopped funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, so experts say it is now time for a regional and local approach to solving the nuclear waste problem

  • Smith & Wesson moves into perimeter security market

    Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation to acquire Universal Safety Response, Inc. (USR); USR is the creator of the GRAB vehicle safety barrier; the move expands S&W’s revenue base into commercial, non-firearms categories

  • Pervious concrete may eliminate need for storm drains

    A Minnesota town experiments with a new concrete paving method that lets rainwater pass right through the street surface to prevent damaging runoff