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Underwater Robots Identify Potential Threats In Murky Waters Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 
Novel underwater laser networking and imaging technologies being developed by scientists at the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University may provide significant advantages over existing technologies in rapidly identifying and communicating potential threats in murky coastal waters. Harbor Branch has received $2 million ... read moreTunnel Vision 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2009Criminals of all kinds are digging tunnels along the U.S. border at a fast and furious pace. Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, 60 percent have been found in the last three years. Agents spot a new one every month. "All of them have been found by accident or human intelligence," said Ed Turner, a project manager with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ... more
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Zooming In To Catch The Bad Guys
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jul 03, 2009It's a frequent scene in television crime dramas: Clever police technicians zoom in on a security camera video to read a license plate or capture the face of a hold-up artist. But in real life, enhancing this low-quality video to focus in on important clues hasn't been an easy task. Until now. Prof. Leonid Yaroslavsky of Tel Aviv University and his colleagues have developed a new video ... more Commentary: Waiting for al-Qaida's Godot 
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 It's no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue's method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia. By simply changing mental pictures, Coue figured the subconscious also changes -- as ... more Misplaced Fear Over Costs Of Overseas Cargo Scanning 
Hanover MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2009A two-tiered scanning-protocol for inspecting all containers at international ports could be the most affordable approach to ensuring containers moving through the global transportation system are not carrying nuclear bombs, according to a paper being presented at a services special interest group meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The ... more Autonomous Robot Detects Shrapnel 
Durham NC (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance. The successful proof-of-feasibility experiments lead the researchers to believe that in the future, such a robot could not only help treat shrapnel injuries on the battlefield ... more |
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Palau agrees to take Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Koror (AFP) June 10, 2009The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to temporarily resettle up to 17 Chinese Uighurs from the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, in an unlikely resolution to years of legal limbo. Uighur activists welcomed the deal but voiced concern for the future of the men, whose new home would be distant both geographically and culturally from the mountains and deserts of their native ... more Thompson Files: DHS blows biosensor crisis 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jun 8, 2009 The recent outbreaks of swine flu arrived on American shores without warning. Fortunately, this biohazard proved less threatening than first thought. But what would have happened if this had been an extremely virulent form of influenza as happened in 1918? Or if the catastrophe was a biological weapon deployed by a terrorist? Without accurate and timely warning, an effective response is ... more LockMart Provide Enhanced Biological Aerosol Warning Systems For Japan 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2009The Japan Ground Self Defense Force recently exercised an option on an existing contract with Lockheed Martin and its trading partner Itochu, of Tokyo, for the delivery of additional Enhanced Biological Aerosol Warning Systems (EBAWS). Lockheed Martin's EBAWS will be used by the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Units of the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces to ... more Sirens sound across Israel in 'doomsday' drill 
Tel Aviv (AFP) June 2, 2009Sirens wailed across Israel on Tuesday, sending many into shelters as part of the largest-ever exercise to test the response to a "doomsday" mix of missile attacks, suicide bombings and natural disasters. Israelis throughout the country were asked to head to shelters when they heard the sirens, with radio and television underlining that it was only as part of an exercise. "The purpose of ... more |
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