News tagged with camera surveillance

New surveillance camera can search 36 million faces for matches in one second

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new surveillance camera by Hitachi Kokusai Electric can look at footage that contains an image of someone, either still or video, and then search other video or still images on file for ...

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Making surveillance cameras more efficient

A University of California, Riverside professor has recently co-authored a book about his surveillance camera research that has applications in everything from homeland security, environmental monitoring and home monitoring.

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images

NEC Corporation announced today the development of super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images, including persons' faces and license plates.

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created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Rise of outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems

Big banks, hospitals and insurance companies worry about computer security because they handle so much personal information.

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New camouflage technology from BAE hides war machines

(PhysOrg.com) -- BAE Systems says it has a camouflage system that can render battle machines like tanks invisible or even seen as other objects in the immediate environment to protect against attack. The 'cloak' ...

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created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Assange says WikiLeaks work hampered

(AP) -- After six months under virtual house arrest, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange acknowledged Thursday that his detention is hampering the work of the secret-spilling site. His supporters accused Britain ...

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created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Aeryon Scout gets VideoZoom10x upgrade (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Aeryon Scout is not a new piece of technology. This flying robot, which was created by a Canadian company called Aeryon Labs, is able to quietly hover in place and point a camera down ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

SW China mega-city building huge security system

The mega-city of Chongqing in southwest China plans to build a $2.6 billion security system that will be one of the world's largest with 500,000 surveillance cameras, state media have said.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chicago's high-tech cameras spark privacy fears

A vast network of high-tech surveillance cameras that allows Chicago police to zoom in on a crime in progress and track suspects across the city is raising privacy concerns.

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created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Surgeons, CCTV and TV football gain from new video technology that banishes shadows and flare

Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed the world's first complete High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system, from video capture to image display, that will help a range of users including: surveillance camera ...

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created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Israeli invention wins Wall Street Journal Award

The 2010 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the area of physical security will be awarded this week in the US to the Israel-based BriefCam Company for its invention, which was developed by ...

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created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New test equipment enhances police traffic surveillance

Police surveillance of seatbelt compliance and speeding receives a boost with the new test equipment. Developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the equipment also measures distance between vehicles, ...

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created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Body language to be read by computers one of new innovative solutions

Can a computer read your body language? A consortium of European researchers thinks so, and has developed a range of innovative solutions from escalator safety to online marketing.

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created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vigilant camera eye

An innovative camera system could in future enhance security in public areas and buildings. Smart Eyes works just like the human eye. The system analyzes the recorded data in real time and then immediately ...

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created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New CCTV technology helps prevent terror attacks

Numerous CCTV systems are in use in public places which have the capacity to gather large amounts of image material. For the time being, however, there are no effective ways to analyze the mass of video data automatically ...

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created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0