Tag Archive for 'security'
Sharper Image would have it that this AmberWatch Child Safety alarm and watch is designed to protect your trusting offspring from “predators” - whether they mean large-toothed animals or grubby men in stained rain-coats I’m not too sure, perhaps there are situation-specific models you can choose between - but I know that in reality it’s [...]
If you’re a VIP (or just have friends who play really, really serious pranks) you might be interested in Jaguar’s latest high-cost, old-style plaything. The Armoured XJ looks, ostensibly, like a standard car from the company, but under the aluminium skin there’s enough Kevlar shielding, titanium reinforcement and ballistic protection to earn it B6 classification; in [...]
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we covered IBM’s Smart Surveillance System, software which can analyse multiple information sources such as CCTV, audio and chemical detection to piece together a cross-referenced security review, and now Siemens would like to present its alternative. Sistore CX EDS is a package of cameras and computer software that [...]
At first I thought this robot from Dr Robot Inc. was an homage to Cronenberg, with eyeballs on long bendy tendrils, but it turns out that those are just webcam housings being held in its little metal hands. In fact, SCOUT is intended to remotely monitor environments in which direct manipulation is needed; a small, [...]
I’m beginning to think that the easiest way to secure my home is to brick up all the doors and windows. Yes, I wouldn’t be safe from people with bulldozers and wrecking balls, but thanks to this video from the Automated Home forums I’m not all too confident in biometric locks now.
It shows just how [...]
When I’m conducting a black-ops mission, replete with false beard and dark glasses, the last thing I want is to be tracked either by my cellphone or some sort of GPS-enabled bug. So it’s a relief to see the Detectnu GPS/GSM Jammer arrive surreptitiously on the market; a compact box that, powered by your car’s cigarette [...]
I’m in two minds about this story - impressed, because nanotechnology is cool and tiny robots are even cooler, but more than a little disturbed at the idea of killer robots flying around and zapping people in the neck. Reuters is reporting that Israel are developing a bionic hornet that could chase, photograph and eventually [...]
Gear Diary’s Judie must have some of the best protected gadgets around, having got her (hopefully not too trigger-happy) hands on the Cobra StunLight - a triple-LED high-intensity torch with built in laser and pepper spray. This $249 self-defence gadget is designed to first scare and then temporarily blind any assailant, such as one attempting [...]
After the furore that Britain is turning into a CCTV nation, with one camera for every fourteen people, what excellent timing for IBM to reveal its Smart Surveillance System (S3) which is capable of analysing data from multiple sources, whether they be audio, video, radar or data from chemical detection sensors, in real-time, highlighting potential security threats.
“The [...]
If you’re in the market for a USB memory key to keep top-secret and vitally important documents on, you might be interested in Everything USB’s latest review; they put the Kingston Data Traveler Secure 4gb drive through its paces to see just how well it lives up to its boasts of 256-bit AES encryption and [...]
