From wildfires to earthquakes to landslides, IoT is helping predict and monitor disasters, improving response efficiency and saving lives. Detection for Natural Disaster Prevention Sensors…
IIoT Gives New Meaning to Fire Power
Firefighters face a variety of risks when responding to a fire, including burns, smoke inhalation, heat exhaustion, and being crushed by collapsing structures. And firefighters…
What is COM Express?: The Rise of Configurable Computing Part I
The new COM Express Type 7 carrier boards have been making waves in transportation and defense technology. The Type 7 pin-out specification that defines them…
Campus Safety Measures Part II: Three Campus Safety Technology Use Cases
New technology is supporting campus safety, enhancing the partnership between public and private security teams. Three key technology industries have contributed to these updates: Big…
Campus Safety Measures Part I: Technology Supporting Institutions and Establishments
Public safety belongs on the streets, but it also belongs where we sleep, eat, study and watch. Safety, security and liability guide many decisions at…
Two Major Concerns about the Ethics of Facial Recognition in Public Safety
From catching the right criminal to offering hope in overturning convictions, facial recognition offers public safety and the judicial system an effective way out of…
Why Don’t I Need a Landline?: The Rise of Wireless 9-1-1 Service
According to NENA, the 9-1-1 Association, approximately 240 million calls a year are made to 9-1-1 in the US. 80% of them — 192 million…
Augmented Public Safety: AR Technology Gives Emergency Services Second Set of Eyes
Public safety departments are catching up with futuristic, augmented reality technology. Some people aren’t happy about it: for example, Microsoft is raising the alarm about…
White Paper: Advancing Mission Critical Communications
By Leah VanSyckel, Sealevel Systems, Inc People often imagine public safety as stalwart uniformed officers or emergency response teams. However, public safety is also a…