Intel is developing a tool that would come in handy for firemen. They have combined a PCB, radio, sensors and a battery in a metal sphere which can be closed up and thrown like a ball into a burning building. They call the new gadget a ‘Fireball’.
At the beginning of September, Noliac participated in the 2011 Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition. This year, the event was hosted by the Danish Ministry of Defense and held in Copenhagen.
The Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 triggered by the tsunami and earthquake of March 11 led to the presence of atmospheric radioactive aerosols in the Washington state, which was estimated at around 10,000 to 100,000 times more than normal levels.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems at Lorain County Community College took place last Friday. The new 46,000-square-foot building, will focus on the commercialization of sensors and microsystems.
A study published in the Journal of Breath Research said that the molecules from the breath and sweat of humans could be used to detect their locations in crisis situations such as collapsed buildings due to earthquakes or bomb blasts.
A supplier of sensors and related products for homeland security purposes, Implant Sciences has announced that the company has received an order worth $1.1 million for its portable explosives trace detection (ETD) system, the Quantum Sniffer QS-H150.
A team of scientists have now given us technology that will allow us to have eyes and ears 5,000 meter under the sea. Researchers have completed tests on a revolutionary under sea network of hi-tech sensors that will likely change the face of oceanography forever.
Scientists in Japan have come up with an inexpensive new material that can quickly and accurately detect specific gases in the air. The compound has been tested under a variety of conditions and has been found to be reusable.
Universal Detection Technology, a provider of early-warning monitoring devices for radiological, chemical and biological risks, has declared that it will exhibit its complete range of radiation detection systems as well as chemical weapon and bio-weapon detection devices at the RISCON Security and Trade Expo to be conducted from 19 to 21 October 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.
Scientists in Israel at the Tel Aviv University have been working on a sensor based device that will be able to detect two of the most commonly used date rape drugs with great accuracy. The device, that may look like a cocktail stirrer in the final form, will allow women to check if their drink has been spiked with ketamine or GHB.
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