Passive Millimeter-wave (PMMV) Technology Raises Privacy Issues
Story link: Passive Millimeter-wave (PMMV) Technology Raises Privacy Issues by Brian Turner
Researchers at Northrop-Grumman Space Technology are developing passive millimetre-wave or PMMW technology - tiny cameras which will be able to see through clothing and other materials.
The technology will be used for security and surveillance purpose and could be used to check people for weapons or illegal goods, or to see through heavy clouds. [...]
Police May Record Conversations With CCTV
Story link: Police May Record Conversations With CCTV by Brian Turner
Police are considering attaching ultra sensitive microphones to a next generation of ’smart’ CCTV cameras, enabling them to record people’s conversations up to 100 yards away.
This would allow the police to stop aggressive behaviour before it turned violent.
Councils and transport authorities are also believed to have expressed interest in installing the new [...]
Intelligent Security System for Home/Office Security Needs
Story link: Intelligent Security System for Home/Office Security Needs by Brian Turner
Ezonics Corporation, the US manufacturer of webcams and digital entertainment products, has launched Power Monitor 3.0, an intelligent security system that turns a computer and camera into a Powerful Video Surveillance operation. Power Monitor 3.0 works with the company’s wireless W.I.S.E Cam or with any Webcam.
Power Monitor 3.0 provides enhanced image quality, and [...]
Home Office to grab for more CCTV power
Story link: Home Office to grab for more CCTV power by Brian Turner
The police and Home Office are recommending the introduction of regulations, making it mandatory for all 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain to be upgraded. This is so they can be deputised to gather police evidence and provide a vehicle for emerging technologies that will automatically identify people and detect any suspicious behaviour.
The CCTV [...]
Tranwo Technology Corp Launches New Wireless CCTV Product
Story link: Tranwo Technology Corp Launches New Wireless CCTV Product by Brian Turner
Tranwo Technology Corp, a multinational company operating in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, has launched a new CCTV product: the GigaAir 4763 is a 2.4 GHz wireless CCTV camera that comes with a 3.5in LCD monitor.
The camera has 3-channels. It is weather resistant and includes built-in IR illumination to allow it to take [...]
London Police To Wear Head-Mounted Cameras
Story link: London Police To Wear Head-Mounted Cameras by Brian Turner
Police in London are to wear head-mounted cameras which will record everything in the direction the officer is looking. The cameras are approximately the size of an AA battery. They are able to record high-quality images and are designed to be a deterrent for anti-social behaviour.
The head-cams are being tested by eight Metropolitan beat [...]
Axis Communications Wins Award for Best CCTV Product
Story link: Axis Communications Wins Award for Best CCTV Product by Brian Turner
Network video company, Axis Communications, won the award for the year’s best CCTV product at the 7th Detektor International Award ceremony in Copenhagen, with the Axis 212 PTZ Network Camera.
The Detektor International Award is considered to be very prestigious as companies are not allowed to nominate themselves for consideration. A panel of [...]
Quadrox Releases ATMGuard CCTV Solution
Story link: Quadrox Releases ATMGuard CCTV Solution by Brian Turner
Quadrox US, the market leader in standards-based network video management software, has released ATMGuard, an add-on product to the company’s main software GuardNVR which allows linking surveillance video of the area in front of the ATM with ATM transaction data.
ATMGuard is a CCTV product customized for the Banking Industry. It can detect suspicious ATM transactions [...]
TeleEye RV432 Mobile Digital Video Recorder Launched
Story link: TeleEye RV432 Mobile Digital Video Recorder Launched by Brian Turner
TeleEye has launched the RV432, a professional 4-channel, non-PC based mobile digital video recorder designed for use on public and commercial transport for surveillance and logistics management.
The product is designed to withstand the repetitive shocks, vibrations, fluctuating temperature and power surges found in moving vehicles and is further protected from shock and vibration by [...]
CCTV Soon To Be Compulsory in London Nightclubs
Story link: CCTV Soon To Be Compulsory in London Nightclubs by Brian Turner
Security and surveillance equipment to help police identify criminals will soon become compulsory in London nightclubs. The installation of sophisticated CCTV equipment will become a strict requirement for all new licences.
The cameras will store images on a hard drive that police will be able to down-load and play back to identify suspected criminals. The [...]
Video Surveillance Enters New Era With Universal Video Recorder
Story link: Video Surveillance Enters New Era With Universal Video Recorder by Brian Turner
SecurteX International, Inc. a US-based CCTV manufacturer, has launched the NAVS Universal Video Recorder (UVR) - the next generation of SecurteX digital video surveillance products.
NAVS Universal Video Recorder provides the flexibility to connect analog and/or IP cameras simultaneously. The system overcomes the limitations of traditional DVR and NVR systems whilst maintaining the benefits of [...]
International Initiative Challenges Growth Of Surveillance Society
Story link: International Initiative Challenges Growth Of Surveillance Society by Brian Turner
A group of international data and privacy protection commissioners is challenging the development of the surveillance society. The commissioners, from the UK, France, Germany and New Zealand are coming together to adopt common policies.
A joint set of objectives to tackle concerns about the increasing surveillance of citizens was adopted by the commissioners at the annual [...]
IBM Introduces Smart Surveillance System
Story link: IBM Introduces Smart Surveillance System by Brian Turner
IBM has announced that its Smart Surveillance System (S3) is now ready for the mainstream market.
S3, which is available in conjunction with IBM’s digital video surveillance services, can analyse real-time video while it is being digitally recorded and stored over an IP network. Video stored both online and offline can also be retroactively searched [...]
Newnham becomes DisplayLink
Story link: Newnham becomes DisplayLink by Brian Turner
Newnham Technology in the US and UK based Newnham Research, have changed their name to DisplayLink. The change is to highlight the company’s global identity as a leading provider of network display technology.
With its innovative semiconductor and software technology, DisplayLink is using existing PC interfaces including USB, Ethernet and wireless networks to transfer fully-interactive, [...]
UK Sleepwalking into a Surveillance Society
Story link: UK Sleepwalking into a Surveillance Society by Brian Turner
A new document called ‘A Report on the Surveillance Society’ is being launched at a two-day conference organised by the Information Commissioner’s Office in London.
The UK is subject to a higher level of surveillance than many other western democracies and although information commissioner, Mr Richard Thomas, acknowledges that some aspects of surveillance and information [...]