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U.S Army unmanned aircraft top one million unmanned flight hours

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:33:44 +0000

U.S. forces deployed just 13 unmanned aerial vehicles ( UAVs ) at the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, but although the potential of surveillance and combat aircraft that don’t put pilots in the line of fire has always been clear, few would have predicted just how quickly this technology would transform modern warfare. The proof?

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World’s longest sniper kill – 2.47km twice!

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:58:55 +0000

The sniper is without doubt the most feared combatant in any theater of war, the best of whom have an array of skills far beyond simply being able to hit human targets at a distance. Snipers are the most cost effective way of killing the enemy. Individual snipers routinely account for more kills than entire battalions operating in the same place at the same time, hit the target almost every time, and each bullet costs around €2.

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Bringing US privacy law into the cloud computing era

Sadah Karim — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:55:00 +0000

The government needs a search warrant to bust into your house, search your files, and pull out any incriminating documents. It needs the same warrant for files stored on your computer.

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Synology DS410 NAS will back up your files, won’t incite a passionate response

jsuarez — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:42:00 +0000

The last time we laid eyes on Synology’s DiskStation line it was in the form of the DS409Slim — a diminutive NAS without the ‘zazz of lots of your flashier network storage solutions. The newly announced DS410 also keeps it pretty simple: features include four bays of RAID-5 storage, 256-bit encryption, Amazon S3 cloud backup, Apple Time Machine integration, media streaming, print server, and web hosting with PHP/MySQL. Don’t worry, you Big Brother-types don’t get left out either: the included Surveillance Station 4 software allows the deployment of multiple IP cameras and support for H.264 video

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Video surveillance in 360-degree 3D

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:31:43 +0000

While it’s not quite to the level of the Esper Machine in Blade Runner , the integration of the ImmerVision 360 degree Panamorph lens into Feeling Software’s Omnipresence 3D Security System is as close as we’ve seen. Designed to serve as a visual platform for complex, critical security systems such as airports, nuclear facilities, and universities the marriage of the two technologies eliminates blind spots to provide a system that can apparently see it all… Tags: 3D , Lenses , Security , Software , Surveillance , Video Related Articles: Innovative camera system improves safety by seeing around corners Kolimat Roadscan DTW 1.0 dual lens camera – watches you as well as the road Sony’s feature packed HX-1 Cyber-shot camera includes sweep panorama mode World’s smallest hi-def camera head from Toshiba Nikon D70 Digital SLR Volvo Launches Blind Spot Information System (BLIS)

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D-Link DWM-351 turns the doorbell into a 3G video intercom

jeffrush — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:47:00 +0000

In lieu of a cost-effective, consumer-friendly home automation standard being available, products like the D-Link 3G Door Phone have emerged to address ad hoc automation needs.