A combination of RFID technology on plane tickets with high definition CCTV cameras may someday track people in airports. From www.computing.co.uk — Scientists at University College London (UCL) are developing a system that combines radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and high-definition CCTV cameras to track passenger movements in busy airports. The EU-funded project, known as […]
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A recent BusinessWeek article details the emerging smart surveillance systems and video cams that use high technology to catch shoplifters. From the article — There are 6 million video cameras mounted in stores across the U.S., according to market researcher J.P. Freeman Co. Their unblinking eyes are everywhere, watching exits and peering down aisles. You […]
Reuters News is reporting on a new US government security policy that will collect prints on all ten fingers of foreign visitors entering the United States. From the article — The United States now collects the prints of only the two index fingers of foreign visitors. But it will gather prints of all their fingers […]
In yet another example of the growing influence of online social networks, the Washington Post is reporting on a whistleblower from Lockheed Martin, who posted his concerns about security flaws on a fleet of Coast Guard boats in a video commentary on YouTube.com after being ignored by his bosses and government engineers. From the article […]
There is a lot of “buzz” now about Web 2.0 sites being the top “go-to” places on the internet. Web 2.0 can best be described as the “social and collaborative web”, where people do social networking on MySpace; blogging; wiki building on WikiPedia or sharing videos on YouTube. However, there is a new and unique […]
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