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Researchers use Half Life to simulate fire evacuations

Durham University researchers use the Half Life engine to simulate evacuations from burning buildings by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Half Life, Researcher, Zack Whittaker, iGeneration, Fire, Evacuation, Research, University

Image galleries 2009-02-06

CDC looks to cell phones for outbreak containment

It hasn't happened yet, but what happens if and when avian flu starts to spread from person to person? Well, a lot of bad things, so the need for people in affected areas to take proactive measures is critical. The Centers for Disease Control is...

Tags: CDC, mobile, evacuation, outbreak

Blog posts 2006-01-18

Thanks to tech, Gilligan couldn't happen today

Thanks to tech, Gilligan couldn't happen todayYeah, if you had a portable generator...Or if the battery fairy landed for you...Are you kidding? Thanks to tech, you probably have moreof it happening today. Software crashes and so does your boat. Myriad glitches knock you off line. Etc,...

Tags: Engineering, Gilligan, evacuation, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Discussion threads 2005-09-06

Additional Resources

Ramblin' Ambulance 1.0.1.23 (Mac)

In a small desert town, a mysterious sickness of unknown origin has descended upon its residents, instigating fear and havoc among the townspeople. During the evacuation, rescuers became fearful of contracting the illness and abandoned the sick, leaving them stranded in their hospital gurneys, scattered around the town, left to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Town, Reliabit, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-14

Effectiveness of Cellular Phone With Active RFID Tag for Evacuation - The Case of Evacuation From the Underground Shopping Mall of Tenjin

The underground shopping mall has the constructional problem of the fire evacuation. Also, the people sometimes lose their direction and information of current time in the mall. If the emergencies such as terrorist explosions or gas explosions are happened, they have to go out soon. Under such circumstances, inside of...

Tags: Phone, Mall, Cell Phone, RFID Tag, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2009-06-17

Using a Workflow Management System to Manage Emergency Plans

In the event of a disaster in Germany a so-called executive staff is set up. In support of their work they refer to emergency plans, which describe the chronological order of a set of suitable measures for a dedicated event e.g. an evacuation. These plans only exist in the form...

Tags: Workflow Management, Emergency Plan, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2009-05-01

A Mobile RFID-Based System for Supporting Evacuation of Buildings

Natural and man-made disasters present the need to efficiently and effectively evacuate the people occupying the affected buildings. In such situations, people are usually under stress and the use of a location-aware mobile application for giving evacuation instructions in simple and effective ways can be useful to improve users' decision...

Tags: Mobile, RFID, University Of Udine, Evacuation Instruction, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

White papers 2008-11-25

Do you have a call notification system?

Do you have a call notification system?RE: Do you have a call notification system?At http://os4ed.com, we offer an email and SMS text messaging solution as a module to openSIS EasyComm or as a stand alone offering bAlert. Our pricing is very low and the solution is very easy to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, call notification system, notification system, FOIA, e-mail, phone

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blanche

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blancheTime to teach the little buggers, and the idiot parents, a lesson.If I were the principal, I'd file a defamation of character & libel suit against the kids involved, AND their parents...two of whom are obviously low-grade morons at best. Then see what they...

Tags: principal

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Economic crisis as a technology change agent

Economic crisis as a technology change agentProtect AmericaWe are witnessing the evacuation of the best jobs as they continue to move offshore all in the name of Corporate profits and the so-called Free Trade Economy.Free Trade isn't free if there are inequities and trade imbalances.America can and will return to...

Tags: Real estate, Regulations, Outsourcing, Financial services, Microsoft Ecosystem, technology change agent, free trade, agent

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...

Tags: open source, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Space Siege demo (Windows)

In 2199, the colony ship Rebecca Lee arrive at the second planet orbiting Beta Canum Venaticorum. Every scan of Beta CVn II showed the same thing: a perfect world for sustaining life; a paradise 27 light years from Earth; a new home for humanity. The colonists christened it Elysium IV...

Tags: Colony, Earth, Sega Corp., Microsoft Windows, Kerak, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-11

OSHA Bundle Package (Mobile)

Information put out by the Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration OSHA is critical to keeping your workers safe. Knowledge is directly related to safety and with this all inclusive package you can learn about 3 hot topics in occupational safety.Package Includes:*OSHA: AnthraxAn acute infectious disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium,...

Tags: OSHA, Mobile, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-07-14

To picture or not to picture

To picture or not to pictureIs it even legal?Do you have legal authorization to be taking file pictures of minors without parental consent?I would suspect that, at a minimum, a model release would be needed. The liability exposure is potentially enormous, so please consult your Legal Counsel.Answer? NOThe potential...

Tags: Web site development, Databases, liability exposure, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

VP Bank Group Launches Communications System Based on Avaya and NovaLink Solution

One of the largest banks in Liechtenstein, VP Bank Group has more than 600 employees and draws customers from over 60 countries. VP Bank Group needed a system that would fulfill all its requirements in the areas of alarms, evacuation, unified messaging and call reporting. The system also needed to...

Tags: Bank, VP, Avaya Inc., Financial Services

Case studies 2008-01-01

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must dieI might agree that...... torrentspy.com should be shut down but not that torrents should be made illegal. I use them regularly for downloading my Linux ISOs and it would be very inconvenient to not be able to use them. Classifying torrents as a 'den...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

C-17 Globemaster III Screensaver 1 (Windows)

The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest purpose-built cargo aircraft to enter the United States and Western air forces. It is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. It is also capable...

Tags: Base, RateMyScreensaver, C-17 Globemaster III, C-17 Globemaster III Screensaver, Aerospace & Defense, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-11

Cal fires: broadband, digicam ubiquity enable these"citizen" videos of tragedy to hit the Web with force

With little room for debate, the most dramatic doemstic U.S. news story this week is the terrible fires raging in much of Southern California. The loss of thousands of homes and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands pale any technology angle into virtual...

Tags: Web, Broadband, Video, CNN, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Networking, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Using Twitter to report on SoCal fires

Cell phone networks are overwhelmed in San Diego and other parts of southern California as residents thoughtlessly make voice calls to alert relatives of their condition, W. David Stephenson, a homeland security consultant, says. "Every time we have a disaster, people use their phones inappropriately,"...

Tags: San Diego, Twitter, Wiki, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Photos: Commuter challenge in the skies

This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000.This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000. The contestants were all flying...

Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Cafe Foundation, Personal Aircraft Vehicle, Personal Aircraft Vehicle Challenge, flight simulation, purse, daylight, terrain, assortment, lamp, biodiesel, cabin, pass, aircraft, team, touch screen, USB, banking, Amazon.com Inc., mo

Image galleries 2007-08-14