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Pulling CO2 from air feasible, if still costly, way to curb global warming
Emerging techniques to pull carbon dioxide from the air and store it away to stabilize the climate may become increasingly important as the planet tips into a state of potentially dangerous warming; lower-cost technology is a stumbling block so far
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Resolving mystery odor alarms
In the post-9/11, security-conscious era, unidentified odor often cause the precautionary evacuation of buildings, airport terminals, and more; a New Jersey company offers an educational video on the problem of mystery odors – and offers odor identification services to help identify and resolve mystery odor complaints
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U.S. to send hand-launched UAVs to Kenya to help fight Somali al Shabaab
The United States will include hand-launched Raven UAV’s in the $41.4 million military aid package to Kenya; the package also includes trucks, communications gear, and rifles for Burundi, Djibouti, and Uganda; the military aid aims to help east African countries cope with the growing menace of al Shabaab, a Somali al Qaeda affiliate
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New biometrics discipline -- foot biometrics – for security, disease detection
Identity science takes a giant, well, step forward with a new discipline in biometrics: foot biometrics; researchers at the new $1.5 million per year Pedo-Biometrics Research and Identity Automation Lab will test insole sensory system prototypes for a variety of identification uses, from security to detecting the onset of such diseases as diabetes and Parkinson’s
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Milestone for a Raytheon bomb which acquires, tracks, and then hits moving targets
Raytheon said its Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) program achieved a milestone when it successfully engaged and hit a moving target during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; the bomb, released from an F-15E, acquired, tracked, and guided to a moving target using its tri-mode seeker, scoring a direct hit
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ObjectVideo drops Samsung from USITC investigation, but continues action against Bosch
ObjectVideo drops action against Samsung, continues litigation against Bosch, charging video analytic technologies infringement
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ElcomSoft, Pico Computing show world's fastest password-cracking solution
Pico Computing manufactures a range of high-end hardware acceleration platforms, offering a computational equivalent of more than 2,000 dual-core processors in a single 4U chassis; ElcomSoft updates its range of password recovery tools, employing Pico Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based hardware to accelerate the recovery of passwords
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Kratos receives $10 million contract to secure petrochemical site
San Diego-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said it has recently received a multi-million dollar contract award to deploy a specialized security system at a petrochemical-related critical infrastructure location
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Francisco Partners acquires biometrics provider Cross Match Technologies
Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, has acquired Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a provider of interoperable biometric identity management systems, applications, and services
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Unmanned systems emulate animals’ conditioned fear-response mechanism for self-preservation
When animals in the wild engage in eating or grazing, their eyes, ears, and sense of smell continuously monitor the environment for any sense of danger; researchers developed a similar conditioned fear-response mechanism for unmanned systems
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Northrop Grumman's biodetection solution completes field test
Northrop Grumman says its Next Generation Automated Detection System (NG-ADS) for homeland defense applications has successfully completed a field test and is ready for the program’s next phase
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Two companies offer tower-based border security systems
General Dynamics C4 Systems and EADS North America have joined forces to develop border protection and security systems which exploit the both companies’ strength; the team offers tower-based, integrated radar and sensor systems for an “always-on, ever-aware” picture of human activity in and around national borders
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Space radiation detection technology to be used for homeland security
Common radioactive sources emit gamma rays while nuclear bomb material emits both gamma rays and neutrons; because neutrons and gamma rays are electrically neutral, it is difficult to ascertain properties such as the direction of origin or energy level of the radioactive source; University of New Hampshire scientists are re-engineering instruments originally built for detecting radiation in space for homeland security purposes
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New international plan to tackle cyber crime, make Internet safer
A new international plan to tackle cyber crime has been launched; the new research roadmap has been developed by leading international cyber security researchers along with industry and government experts, and it aims to help make the Internet of tomorrow a safe and secure platform which is vital for global economic growth and societal development
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Military-grade mobile security for commercial markets
Cummings Engineering announced the release of SecureMobile 1.0, powered its proprietary SAIFE encryption technology
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