Scientists and engineers in Britain are working on swarms of spy flies that can monitor people, military installations and industrial complexes. From Scotsman.com — BRITISH military scientists are developing robot flies that can be sent in swarms to spy out enemy positions. Dr Rafal Zbikowski, the project leader, believes the first machine insects could be […]
Category: Gadgets & Tools
Monitor Your Front Door From Anywhere For $80
Here is an excellent how-to article from Popular Science that shows people how to set up a personal surveillance system that can monitor their front door. With an inexpensive web cam and a wireless device, people can monitor people at their front door, or anyplace else, for around $80. From the article — Is that […]
A Device That Disables Digital Cameras
For people who fear being spied on in private or public places or people who are just generally annoyed by the use of digital and surveillance cameras everywhere, researchers are working on a device that can disable digital camera operations. A June 2006 article on LiveScience.com discusses the anti-digital camera technology — Researchers have built […]
Google Talk Free For All
Pocket-Lint is reporting that Google is making their internet phone and messaging service, Google Talk, free for everyone. From the article– Google has announced that it is now making its Google Talk instant messaging service free for all. Previously the search engine had restricted its use to Gmail account users only, however from today anyone […]
Fly Eyes May Help Spy and Surveillance Cameras to See Better
Roland Piquepaille at ZDNet.com discusses a National Geographic article on the use of fly eyes for helping digital cameras and surveillance systems to “see” better. From the article — Even with our sophisticated cameras, we can sometimes get poor pictures. This usually happens because cameras use an average light setting to control brightness. When parts […]