The World's Smartest Smoke Detector?
By Brian Rhodes
False smoke alarms kill. When 'traditional' smoke alarms are tripped by false sources like steam or weather changed, many people resort to...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
A new alarm sensor claims to need no alarm panel. By integrating a common motion detector and a GSM dialer, Alpha Aresenal's Express GSM sensor...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
In the cut-throat intrusion alarms industry, guarantees can make or break deals. Few companies have guarantee policies as bold as ADT, who issue...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
Megapixel cameras are magical and if you don't believe it, let the fine folks at Arecont show you how. Some people say, "Megapixel cameras are...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
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What if your recorder could automatically identify people as well as their gender and age? 3VR claims they can do this with their new demographics...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
A vicious, out of nowhere, attack on a Pennsylvania high school teacher demonstrates the power of surveillance while raising important social...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
The tech gods must be smiling at the recent Arecont Vision 'news'. The brave journalists at Security Products traveled all the way to Germany to...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
License Plate Recognition is the most successful of all video analytic systems (sure, faint praise but still). In this note, we overview 8...
By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago
A major flaw in using Pixels Per Foot (PPF) to specify surveillance cameras is how easily the metric is undermined. Theoretically, you should...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Not many think shooting a gun can reduce labor costs. However, that is exactly the claim made by LaserLine, a tool for shooting pull lines over...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
Not too long ago, dome cameras were huge, fitting a full-size box camera into a large protective bubble. The move to "minidomes" changed that,...
By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago
This could be the biggest thing to hit access control in years. A Silicon Valley startup has developed a low cost 'smart' adapter for existing...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
Nonprofit ASIS International has richly compensated executives, driven primarily by promotional payments from vendors, and supported by numerous...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Who's #1 online for video surveillance? You'll never guess. I can pretty much guarantee that. Are you thinking old school? Pelco? No. How about...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
How much would it take to bring a city to it's knees? How about $150? It sounds impossible, but that is exactly what has happened in NYC. A major...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
Want a bullet resistant, pressurized or explosion proof High Definition PTZ? Until today, one had to buy a third party enclosure and assemble it...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
The quest for the world's smallest minidome continues. Whether for aesthetic or security purposes, unobtrusive domes are in demand. Axis'...
By Ethan Ace - almost 12 years ago
Big Brother - A selling point, human rights violation or both? Controversial video analytic supplier BRS Labs is pushing forward with its most...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
The Wall Street Journal has released a detailed investigative report that raises significant concerns about privacy threats from the growing use of...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
What if a gadget that cost the same as one's month alarm monitoring charge could scare off burglars? That's the claim of a new product called...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
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Surveillance cameras are putting human rights at risk, blares a UK government official, a UK newspaper and the venerable BBC, creating an uproar of...
By John Honovich - almost 12 years ago
Just like IP cameras, IP intercoms are getting more sophisticated. In the olds days, it might have been little more than a microphone and speaker...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
NFC continues to be the biggest buzzword in access control. HID, the principal manufacturer of the technology for EAC applications, is eager to...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 12 years ago
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