Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Canada’s spy agencies and military should be upgraded to better carry out offensive cyber warfare attacks against “foreign adversaries,” a strategy paper published in July by a Canadian military think tank argued. Titled “Canada and Cyber Warfare,” and written by The…
Scientists Develop mind-controlled Prosthetic Arm with a Sense of Touch
DARPA scientists build up mind-controlled prosthetic arm with the sense of touch. A neurally-controlled arm and hand prosthesis that will perform, look, and feel like a natural limb is the goal of two Revolutionizing Prosthetics programs funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Prosthetics are getting closer to…
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office awards Dynasil $2.1 million to develop radiation detection equipment
Top Priority Sector: border_security Watertown, MA-based Dynasil Corp.’s RMD research subsidiary has been awarded contracts totaling $2.1 million from DHS’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), helping to advance the government’s research and development initiatives focused on the identification of illicit nuclear materials. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber…
FAA Announces Six Institutions to Develop UAS Standards
Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected six public entities around the country that will test and develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Researchers develop new cloaking technology
There are a lot of reasons to want to make things invisible, other than it just being incredibly cool. There are the many potential military uses of cloaking technology, of course, but it could also help improve cellular signals by hiding objects that would normally block and weaken signal…
S&T is trying to develop a ‘First Responders Community of Practice’
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Meridian Institute lands sole source contract to develop a Campus Resilience Tool for FEMA
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Because The Meridian Institute, of Dillon, CO, has been so active in developing for FEMA a Web-based Community Resilience Tool — aimed at helping communities bounce back from a man-made or natural disaster — FEMA has decided to award a sole source contract to…
DHS awards Morpho Detection contract to develop new checked baggage EDS
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Morpho Detection, Inc. has announced that it has received a contract valued at approximately $10 million from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for the development of a next-generation checked baggage explosives detection system (EDS). Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
DHS awards Morpho Detection $10 million to develop next-generation checked baggage EDS
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Morpho Detection, Inc. has announced that it has received a contract valued at approximately $10 million from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for the development of a next-generation checked baggage explosives detection system (EDS). Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
UQ experts develop world-first facial recognition technology to combat exploding cyber Read more: http://www.couriermail.com.au/national-news/queensland/uq-experts-develop-worldfirst-facial-recognition-technology-to-combat-exploding-cyber-crime/story-fnii5v6w-1226709994024#ixzz2drQ5rACA
THE human face is set to become the next-generation internet banking “password”, with Queensland researchers developing world-first facial recognition technology to counter exploding cyber crime. University of Queensland experts were facing off against global computer criminals, including Chinese child hackers, an international cyber crime conference on the Gold Coast heard…
