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  • Chicago security planners go too far

    City residents draw the line on public surveillance when it is incorporated into public art; Crown Fountain installation removed; Americans remain ambivalent about public CCTV

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  • West Virginia city offers CCTV rebates for downtown businesses

    Concerned about vandalism, city offers shopkeepers a $1,500 rebate on prenegotiated four-camera systems; unique arrangement allows police full access to the cameras and attached DVRs

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  • ViaLogy and Boeing develop detection system emulating bugs' eyes

    The most advanced science-based companies try to emulate to vision architecture of humble insects and reptiles in order to improve precise detction applications

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  • SF deploys license plate scanners to fighting parking scofflaws

    Onboard system is programmed to locate cars sporting five or more outstanding parking tickets; violators immediately get the boot; emerging technology finds many friends in law enforcement

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  • New vortex generators to help UUVs dock

    Squid and octopi inspire Colorado researchers to develop a more effective design for unmanned underwater vehicles; no need to trade litheness for docking stability; enhanced craft can even parallel park

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  • Marines abandon Dragon Eye UAV for the Raven B

    Although the Dragon Eye has seen its share of successes, high cost and inability to handle strong winds sent the Marines back to the drawing board; AeroVironment’s Raven B, already popular with the Army, looks to take up the mission at lower cost

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  • Northrop to supply Navy with two Fire Scout UAV helicopters

    $16.2 million contract modification a good sign for this intriguing craft; based on the Schweizer Model 333 manned helicopter, Fire Scout is especially suited for reconnaissance, mine detection, and as a communications node for future warfare applications

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  • DRS receives $10 million DoD order for its MSTAR radar system

    Low energy-consumptive MSTAR is ideally suited for perimeter security applications; company already a government favorite for its thermal weapon sights

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  • Dayton positions itself as a sensor center

    Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission awards $28 million for the development of a sensor technology research center; business partners include Woolpert, General Dynamics, UES, YSI, and L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics

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  • Nice to grow through strategic acquisitions

    Israeli video surveillance maker completed three acquisitions in 2006 for more than $235 million; it is planning on acquiring additional companies

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  • RemoteReality receives $7.3 million in VC funding

    Battelle Ventures and Chart Venture partners pick up the tab; company a DoD favorite for its 360-degree video analytics technology; USS Cole and USS Greenville incidents drive demand for on-board surveillance and monitoring

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  • U Maryland team develops new surveillance technology

    Terrapins researchers develop a human-gait recognition biometric system which, when combined with aaditional facial and height recognition elements, offers a powerful new surveillance tool aiming to prevent criminal and terrorist act, not merely record them

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  • Legal Eagle: Who owns surveillance video?

    An ATM robbery prompts the question after the bank refuses to show surveillance footage to the aggrieved customer; Ken Kirschenbaum urges companies to comply with law enforcement requests; in most cases, no harm can come of sharing footage, so long as the company is not worried about what the tapes might show about their own procedures

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  • Integrian buys Signal Innovations Group

    Deal expands Integrian’s mobile surveillance and analytics business; SIG known for data modeling and algorithm design for defense applications; acquisition the third in two years for Integrian

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  • Texas virtual border patrol goes on-line

    After a one-month stress test, state proclaims effort a success; more than 200,000 register to watch for illegal immigrants on their desktops; one major arrest reported; technological and contracting issues hamper full $5 million roll-out

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More headlines

  • DOD to deploy counter-drone capabilities at US-Mexico border as cartels surveil troops
  • Trump’s Homeland Security Ramps Up Surveillance of Legal Immigrants
  • Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration
  • Congress aims to strip 'Trojan horse' Chinese drones from all levels of government
  • Spy agencies acquire commercial data with little coordination and few controls
  • States push back against Chinese drones
  • New records reportedly show Homeland Security buying smartphone data to track you
  • New documents reveal 'huge' scale of US government's cell phone location data tracking
  • DHS Opens Counter-Drone Testbed in Richmond
  • National Space Intelligence Center became the 18 member of the U.S. Intelligence Community in January 2021
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • How DHS Laid the Groundwork for More Intelligence Abuse

    I&A, the lead intelligence unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) —long plagued by politicized targeting, permissive rules, and a toxic culture —has undergone a transformation over the last two years. Spencer Reynolds writes that this effort falls short. “Ultimately, Congress must rein in I&A,” he adds.

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