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Buffalo researchers use nano-sensors to locate power outages
Technology will save utilities from block to block searches for downed wires; nanosensors monitor any electrical system that runs on 120 volts — including refrigerators, freezers, home theatre systems, and even home medical systems
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Louisville offers critical infrastructure course
Three-day course is targeted toward security architects, security system designers, project managers and security directors, but does not grant credit toward a degree
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Investigative Services Agencies may buy Intrepid Defense & Security Systems
Negotiations are underway, as ISA tries to expand beyond corporate investigation and risk management into the homeland security market; Intrepid’s LifeVision3D —capable of providing 3D images of autombile undercarriages as easily as it can IEDs — would help ISA leap ahead
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Communication security specialist KoolSpan raises $6.5 million
it is a good time to be in the communication security business, and Security Growth Partners and New York Angels give the company with innovative technology a boost
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DHS inspector general 2007 agenda to focus on IT procurement
Four audits of laptop security, include one for OIG itself, are planned; SBInet to receive particular scrutiny; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ IT modernization, and the Coast Guard’s enterprise architecture implementation among other programs scheduled for review
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Universal Detection Technology offers HAZMAT planning DVD
Known for its BSM-2000 spore detection system, UDT adds to its library of emergency planning resources
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Cisco survey finds federal executives confident of security efforts
Decision-makers spending more time with manadated security requirements than in recent years; half believe software automation tools will be dominant in the near future; the possibility of reduced operations and security delivery due to security breaches are main areas of concerns
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epcSolutions solves the tailgating problem
Company’s Tetragate software combines video, iris scans, and RFID to prevent unauthorized entry by piggybackers; system counts the number of people near an entry point before and after card authorization; “any asset, one network” approach allows objects to be tagged to a person, thereby preventing theft
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Navy scientists use minute manufacturing differences to detect counterfeit IDs
Approach relies in variation among transistors and wires that make up compuuter chips; two may work in the same way, but differences in threshold voltages make all the difference in detecting a fake
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ManTech spins-out NetWitness division to private investors
Company will retain a share in the company while hoping its new freedom will spur on the creativity needed to dominate the network forensics market; financial terms remain secret
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IBM anounces Clipped Tag technology for retail RFID
Customers nervous about surveillance can cut off a portion of the tag, thereby restricting the range to a few inches; system maximizes the utility of RFID for check-out management while respecting privacy; remaining RFID range permits product returns
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IDC says Middle East IT security market is booming
With $4.7 billion in spending in 2005 alone, analysts predict 15 percent annual growth through 2009; Dubai leads the way, and prepares for the massive GITEX 2006 trade show and conference
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Vigilon opens operation center in Chicago
The State of Illinois is actively seeking homeland security and business continuity companies; the latest to embrace the Windy City is Israeli enterprise security specialist Vigilon, which opens an operation center in Chicago
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The long view
Accelerating Clean Energy Geothermal Development on Public Lands
Geothermal energy is one of our greatest untapped clean energy resources on public lands. Replenished by heat sources deep in the Earth, geothermal energy generates electricity with minimal carbon emissions. Interior Department announces new leases and pioneering project approval, and proposes simplified permitting.
Efforts to Build Wildfire Resilience Are Heating Up
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a firebreak-creating “BurnBot.”
Reducing Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and environmental health in coastal communities. The Virginia Coastal Plain is one of the fastest-sinking regions on the East Coast.
The Fate of Thousands of U.S. Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities with Hard Choices
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Climate Change Threatens Bridges, Roads: Research Helps Engineers Adapt Infrastructure
Across America, infrastructure built to handle peak stormwater flows from streams and rivers have been engineered under the assumption that rainfall averages stay constant over time. As extreme weather events become more frequent, these systems could be in trouble.