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Finland to buy counter-artillery radars

— January 16, 2019 add comment
Minister of Defense Jussi Niinisto has authorized Finnish Defense Forces’ Logistics Command on January 11, 2018 to acquire counter-battery radars. In a statement made Friday, the Finnish Ministry of Defense reported that... Read more »

Japan to test disaster warning system for Asia-Pacific region later this year using Michibiki GPS satellite

— January 15, 2019 add comment
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a ceremony in Tokyo to mark the launch of Japan’s global positioning system satellite Michibiki in November. KOBE – The government is preparing to test a disaster early... Read more »
DJI launches smart drone controller with built-in 5.5-inch display

DJI launches smart drone controller with built-in 5.5-inch display

— January 12, 2019 add comment
The world’s leading manufacturer of consumer drones has announced a brand-new accessory for its latest Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom drones. Called the DJI Smart Controller, it boasts a Full... Read more »
Israeli Drones to Be Used to Aid Brazilian Agriculture After Multi-Million Dollar Deal

Israeli Drones to Be Used to Aid Brazilian Agriculture After Multi-Million Dollar Deal

— January 12, 2019 add comment
Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a deal with the Brazilian company Santos Lab to use Israeli drones in aid of large-scale agriculture. In the first deal of its kind, IAI will provide... Read more »
Inspector General of Nepal Police Sarbendra Khanal addresses an inaugural session of CCTV cameras installed for the surveillance at District Police Office in Gaur Municipaltiy, Rautahat district, on Friday, January 4, 2019. Photo: Prabhat Kumar Jha/THT

Nepal Police should be transformed in line with IT advancement: IGP Khanal

— January 12, 2019 add comment
RAUTAHAT: Inspector General of Nepal Police (IGP) Sarbendra Khanal has said that police in the country face difficulty in performing their duties due to lack of information technology. Addressing an inaugural session of... Read more »
The State of Penang has launched the first public facial recognition system in Malaysia to the CCTV network on Penang Island to help police track down wanted criminals and reduce crime, the Malay Mail report. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise faces captured by CCTVs. �€” Picture by Sayuti Zainudiin The city surveillance system uses AI to identify faces captured by the CCTV network operated by Penang Island City Council (MBPP). IBM Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) technology is used for facial recognition. It will be rolled out over a three-year period from December 2017 through 2020, with a cost of RM12 million (US$2.89 million). “Wanted persons can be traced using this system and this system is fully linked with the police operations room in Penang,” Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said in a speech at the MBPP Operation Centre. The MBPP is in the process of installing 150 new cameras to expand its network of 767 CCTV cameras, while the mainland Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) is adding 94 cameras to its 130-camera network. Most of the cameras are located at major roads, intersections, and hotspots for criminal activity. The system will be used for other smart city purposes than just crime reduction. “The IVA can trace various traffic violations such as illegal parking, vehicles that used the emergency lanes, measure water level when it rains and facial recognition of people captured by the CCTV,” says MBPP Mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang. The system is being paid for at the state level, and a local government official told the Malay Mail that he hopes the federal government will consider subsidizing the system and extending it nation-wide. Malaysia’s auxiliary police force began using body cameras with facial recognition technology provided by YITU last year. Source :https://www.biometricupdate.com/201901/malaysian-state-launches-facial-recognition-to-cctv-network

Malaysian state launches facial recognition to CCTV network

— January 12, 2019 add comment
The State of Penang has launched the first public facial recognition system in Malaysia to the CCTV network on Penang Island to help police track down wanted criminals and reduce crime, the Malay... Read more »
CCTVs, IT experts and AI tools to ramp up Mela surveillance

CCTVs, IT experts and AI tools to ramp up Mela surveillance

— January 12, 2019 add comment
ALLAHABAD: A network of 1,147 high definition CCTV cameras, software for crowd analytics and a team of IT experts will be a part of Mela police’s hi-tech surveillance plan for the forthcoming... Read more »
California's Deadly Camp Fire Was the Costliest Natural Disaster of 2018, Says Insurer

California’s Deadly Camp Fire Was the Costliest Natural Disaster of 2018, Says Insurer

— January 12, 2019 add comment
(BERLIN) — German insurance company Munich Re says the Northern California wildfire that killed dozens of people and burned down the town of Paradise was the world’s costliest single natural disaster in... Read more »
13 fires a day in past 6 years, number of big blazes swells: Mumbai fire brigade.

13 fires a day in past 6 years, number of big blazes swells: Mumbai fire brigade.

— January 12, 2019 add comment
Though the number of total fire incidents in the city over a year have remained more or less the same in the last few years, the number of medium-level and high-level incidents... Read more »
Police is using face recognition in Winter Wonderland in Cardiff and Swansea

Police is using face recognition in Winter Wonderland in Cardiff and Swansea

— January 12, 2019 add comment
Police are using facial recognition technology at two of the biggest Christmas attractions in Wales. The software, more commonly used to detect troublemakers at sporting events, will be used at the Winter... Read more »