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Watch-Controlled Gun

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Armatix, a German firm, has introduced a new gun with an electronic safety. It is wirelessly connected to a custom wrist watch and unless the gun is near the watch, it will not fire. It is only when the watch sends a signal to the gun giving it a real ‘green’ LED light to fire.

At €7,000 this piece is expensive. As a safety mechanism and a hi-tech one at that, the watch seems to be a great idea. There are both pros and cons to this kind of gun. One of the pros is that if you are keeping it at home, nobody can accidentally use it without the watch. Another one is that if a criminal (or anyone) is trying to wrest it from you and is successful, he still cannot fire it. So the wristwatch makes it a smart gun.

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Heinz Baked Beans Safe – Hide in Plain Sight

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

A can of Heinz baked beans is a common enough item to be found in most kitchens, whether it is that of a single person or a family. As such, nobody would think twice when spotting it anywhere in the kitchen. That is the premise on which this device works.

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Carrying Out Counter-Surveillance Sweep of Business Premises

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Business organisations take a lot of precaution to ensure security of their premises, in particular this holds very true for any organisation where the safeguarding of data and information is vital to its operations because of high value of intellectual property.

Spycatcheronline has a service that provides an extensive and thorough sweep of any premise carried out by qualified surveillance technicians that includes detecting for any hidden devices such as listening devices, cameras, inspection of wirings, telecommunication systems, etc upon which a detailed report will be provided that can be used a guide to upgrade security, if required.

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Fingerprint Car Security System

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Cars being broken into or even stolen is not that uncommon, especially in areas where its more prone to happen such as rough neighbourhoods, but it can happen anywhere. And often there seems to be precious little that you can do about it. This fingerprint car security system makes your car as secure as it possibly can be, with only people whose fingerprints are on the system allowed access to the car.

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How to Spot Phishing Emails

Monday, November 9th, 2009

What is a phishing email?

A phishing email is an email which lands in your inbox and asks for sensitive personal data like bank account details, user names, passwords and other security information which the phisher can then use to steal your identity or your money. The email may purportedly come from banks, financial institutions or even friends whose addresses and identities have been mined from data mining sources or even your email address book.

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Aditech Face Recognition Security System for Various Security Needs

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

With all kinds of crime on the increase, including white collar crime, and criminals using sophisticated technology to their advantage, new security systems are also put in use. There are already systems which use biometric fingerprints and even retina reading systems so that unauthorized personnel cannot break in any way.

Aditech has launched high security biometric face recognition systems which can be used as a business solution for small and large businesses. For instance it has the JustLook Time Attendance system which actually captures and matches the faces of employees and tracks the times they are in and out and also calculates the payrolls on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Using this eliminates the possibility of other employees punching in for those who goof off.

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HitchSafe Key Vault

Monday, October 19th, 2009

The HitchSafe Key Vault is a great place to keep keys, credit cards or even some extra cash, particularly when you take part in outdoor sports. If you like jogging, hiking, surfing or other water sports, you can use this and know that your valuables are safe.

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Manchester Airport Using X-Ray Vision Scanner

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

A new scanner is in use at Manchester airport, working much like Superman’s X-ray vision to see through clothes and all outerwear. It actually reveals whether a person has breast augmentation, any piercings in any part of the body and even an extremely clear outline of the person’s genitals.

Even though this kind of scanner was in use at Heathrow airport on a trial basis, people in the main are aghast at this kind of invasion of privacy. The ‘naked’ pictures are supposed to be destroyed immediately, will be viewed by only one person somewhere far away, so both parties are not embarrassed and people can refuse to be scanned and will be patted down as usual.

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