Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, have begun wearing body cameras after weeks of unrest over the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a white officer and sharply differing accounts of the incident, officials said on Sunday.
Read More ›Ferguson Shooting: Police Now Wear Cameras
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Categories: Hot Topic, Law Enforcement, Mobile / In-Vehicle.
LE Body Worn Camera Used by Over 4000 Police Agencies Worldwide
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Categories: Law Enforcement, Mobile / In-Vehicle.
The LE3 is rugged, waterproof, and easy to use. The camera clips to a uniform to record both the actions of the wearer and those in its field of view. LE3 features include HD video resolution, 16GB internal memory, and up to 12 hours of record time. The LE3 camera is powered by VIEVU’s VERIPATROL™ software system. Video evidence is securely stored and cataloged with a FIPS 140-2 compliant digital signature process, to verify the video has not been altered.
Read More ›Facial Recognition Market to See 27.7% CAGR to 2018: Analysis of Emotion, Thermal, Mobile, Forensic, Facial Recognition
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Categories: Market Research, Video Analytics.
The global facial recognition market is estimated to grow from $1.92 billion in 2013 to $6.50 billion in 2018. This represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 27.7% from 2013 to 2018. In the current scenario, government and utilities are expected to be the largest adaptor for face recognition technology. In terms of regions, North America is poised to be the biggest market for face recognition. However, over the next five years, APAC will experience increased market traction, to become the biggest facial recognition market globally.
Read More ›Digital Ally Receives VuLink Patent, Provides Automatic Body Cam Activation & in-Car Video System Linking
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Categories: Law Enforcement, Legal, Mobile / In-Vehicle.
Digital Ally, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGLY), which develops, manufactures and markets advanced video surveillance products for law enforcement, homeland security and commercial applications, today announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (?USPTO?) that its initial patent (No. 8,781,292) on its VuLink™ connectivity system has been approved and will issue on July 15, 2014. The Company also announced that it has begun shipping the new product to law enforcement customers.
Read More ›Malaysia Can Solve More Crime With NeoFace Facial Recognition
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Categories: Business Intelligence, New Products, Surveillance, Video Analytics.
To strengthen public safety capabilities in Malaysia (and anywhere for that matter), NEC Corporation of Malaysia recently introduced a very promising product. NeoFace, a facial recognition solution was unveiled for the first time as part of public safety capabilities. This new technology was introduced during the Public Safety & Internal Security Asia 2014 held at the Grand Millennium at Kuala Lumpur from 12 – 14 August 2014. NEC’s NeoFace is the world’s fastest and most accurate facial matching product.
Read More ›Sony Announces New Day-to-Night, Dual Light Video Security Camera Ahead of Security Essen
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Categories: IP Cameras, New Products.
Sony has announced the latest edition to its outdoor camera range with the launch of the SNC-VB632D Full HD infrared bullet camera. The SNC-VB632D employs the newly adopted Dual Light system with infrared (IR) illuminator and white LED, working as an effective deterrent and allowing for clear visibility under dark conditions in either black and white or color. The SNC-VB632D supports high-performance illumination during the night-time through the IR illuminator, up to a wide range of 30 metres in black and white, with a minimum illumination of 0 lux (0.1 lux for color) at 50 IRE.
Read More ›Nigeria to Issue National Mastercard-Branded Biometric ID Cards
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Categories: Biometrics, Business Intelligence.
Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) announced it has launched the eID pilot program, issuing MasterCard-branded identity cards with electronic payments functionality to 13 million civilians. The program marks the largest rollout of a biometric verification card with an electronic payment solution in Nigeria, as well as the broadest financial inclusion program in Africa. The eID card is a key part of the NIMC’s mandate to develop, maintain and run Nigeria’s first central national identity database and provide proof of identity to Nigerians 16 years and older.
Read More ›ASUSTOR Camera Channel Licenses Now Available
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Categories: Storage.
ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, announced today that its expansion camera channel licenses are now available for purchase, globally. After installing the Surveillance Center App on an ASUSTOR NAS, users will be able to enjoy the use of 4 free IP-camera channels. In order to further add more channels to Surveillance Center users can make use of the new purchasable camera channel licenses. ASUSTOR?s 2 and 3 series devices can be expanded up to a maximum of 8 camera channels while 6 series devices can be expanded up to a maximum of 12.
Read More ›Vanderbilt Industries Continues to Build North American Sales Network
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Categories: Corporate News.
Vanderbilt Industries, a global leader in access control innovation, today announced that three proven veterans of the security industry have recently joined the company?Brian Mathieu, Jennifer Martin, and Christopher Burton.
Read More ›Fluidmesh Announces the Release of FM3200 Network Radio
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Categories: Network.
Fluidmesh Networks, a worldwide leader in wireless systems for security, industrial, and mission-critical applications, is pleased to announce the release of its new FM 3200 radio. Available in two versions, the FM3200 BASE hosts an integrated sector antenna, and the FM 3200 ENDO comes without an antenna, enabling customers to integrate an external one. This new radio can be used to create highly customized point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, mesh, and mobile networks.
Read More ›CriticalArc Revamps Its Brand and Announces New SafeZone Heat Map Functionality
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Categories: Campus Security.
CriticalArc announced a revamped identity along with significant new SafeZone product features. The rebranding follows a period of expansion for the Australian-based security technology business, in particular across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The rebranding also includes a new website using the new visual identity. The refreshed branding reflects the evolving functionality of CriticalArc?s SafeZone and the increasing demand for cost-effective distributed command and control solutions, driven by the need of large and multi-site organisations to improve their response to critical and everyday incidents, optimise security operations, and protect staff as well as physical assets.
Read More ›Largest Scottish University Centralizes Security
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Categories: Campus Security.
Milestone Systems open platform IP video management software (VMS) and network cameras from Axis Communications are helping all of the campus locations for the University of the West of Scotland to more efficiently manage security through one unified surveillance solution, designed, delivered and maintained by Boston Networks.
Read More ›Linear Unveils QUADStor NVR 400 Series
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Categories: Storage.
Linear LLC, a leader in residential and commercial access control, health and wellness, home automation and security solutions, announced today that it has begun shipping the QUADStor™ NVR 400 Series Network Video Recorders, the cornerstone of Linear’s IP video ecosystem. The embedded-browser based NVRs are simple to install, cost-effective to manage and allow users to integrate, capture, and store video data, and then retrieve and view the video images remotely with the QUADView™ NVR mobile app or locally with a connected display monitor.
Read More ›City of Atlanta?s MARTA Selects BRS Labs as Provider of Artificial Intelligence
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Categories: City Surveillance, Corporate News, Video Analytics.
Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight® the artificial intelligence-based analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize and alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of data, continues its rapid growth in the mass transit industry as more agencies choose to implement the award-winning behavioral recognition software as part of their public safety initiatives.
Read More ›Technology Is Targeting Human Face for Security Reason
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Categories: Video Analytics.
The human face, weather is good looking or bad looking can be a matter of consideration which is used to remember and identify each person from the other. The different features of the face vary from one human being to another. There are approximately 80 points called the nodal points. The various points like the distance of the eyes, width of the nose, the length and the position of the cheeks, the shape and the length of the jaw, are the nodal points.
Read More ›SightLogix CEO to Moderate Webcast on New Physical Security Regulations for Electric Grid
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Categories: Corporate News, Oil and Gas - Energy.
SightLogix President and CEO John Romanowich will moderate a webcast on Wednesday, September 10 at 1:00pm on impending regulations and their impact on owners and operators of the North American electric grid. This Security Industry Association (SIA) webcast will discuss the role for security providers to help utilities meet increased physical security requirements, the potential scope of applicable facilities, an explanation of the timelines for compliance, and details to resolve before the finalization of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulation.
Read More ›Google Glass Can Now Detect Emotions and Determine Someone?s Age
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Categories: Video Analytics.
What if an app could reveal what the person you are having a conversation with is feeling? This Google Glass app, a soon to be launched smart eye-wear app not only does that for you but can also tells the person’s age. The emotion recognition software analyses that the video on the tiny computer hidden inside the Google eye-wear reveals emotions. It can gauge emotions such as anger, happiness, sadness, and surprise then displays this information on screen, media reports said.
Read More ›John Davies Q&A: TDSi at IFSEC Southeast Asia
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Categories: Corporate News.
TDSi will showcase their access-control solutions at IFSEC Southeast Asia during 3-5 September 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia. Having talked Biometrics, NFC, and international expansion in an interview published last month, TDSi managing direcor John Davies speaks to IFSEC Global.com, this time about the forthcoming IFSEC Southeast Asia show.
Read More ›A Cat5e Wall Box Switch With Secure Offline Position for Video Surveillance Networks
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Categories: Accessories.
The Model 7190 is a Cat5e RJ45 Wall mount Switch designed for IP-camera networks with an Offline position to isolate data from the network to block intruders. Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL) adds Model 7190 RJ45 Online/Offline Double Gang Wallbox Switch to their Network Switch product line. This Cat5e compliant switch was designed for secure surveillance/IP-camera monitoring.
Read More ›Can You Film Accidents Then Sell the Videos to the Drivers
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Categories: Legal.
[Forum Discussion:] We have a couple dozen intersections where wrecks happen about every 10 days. I can set a price based on the seriousness of the wreck and how much the person not at fault may be able to gain in a suit. Say as an example. The other day at one of these intersections a dump truck is thought to have run a red light and hit a car in which a mother and two kids were all injured. The dump truck was loaded and was trying to make a yellow light. The family injured would stand to gain a lot of money in a suit in this instance.
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