News tagged with security imaging

Facebook users get graphic images in spam attack

Facebook said Tuesday that a "coordinated spam attack" was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world's largest social network.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Security first: When a footstep is like a fingerprint

How a bare foot strikes the ground as one walks reveals your identity almost as well as a fingerprint, according to a study released Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Security ID cards with built-in holograms (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic cards with security features are ubiquitous these days, having a wide variety of uses such as credit cards, employee cards, licenses, and so on. Many have holographic images, but they ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog

Improving security with face recognition technology

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Zooming in to catch the bad guys

It'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 ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Senate: Punish misusers of body scanner images

(AP) -- Misusing body scanner images would become a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Senate, an attempt by lawmakers to address concerns raised by some travelers.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UK company to transform electronics for security scanners, cancer detection

A new UK company set to transform the use of terahertz electronics for applications in security imaging, telecommunications and cancer detection has won (Wednesday 24 November) a prize in Research Councils ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists develop new CT scanner to image nuclear weapon components

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that it recently completed the installation and successful startup of a new surveillance diagnostic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the face fits...

The creators of the EFIT-V forensic facial composite software describe how it works and recent successes with police services in the UK in the current issue of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Fo ...

Technology / Other

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0