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Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuer: The St. Petersburg Times, Florida, reports that a well-known robot designer, Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida USF, 'plans to add a heart to robot rescuers.' As says USF, the goal is to develop 'a robot that will be a companion...; Tags: Details, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-17
Robotic rats will get a sense of touch: An international team composed of robot designers and brain researchers is looking at nature to develop a new generation of robots with active touch sensing abilities. The BIOTACT ('Biomimetic technology for vibrissal active touch') project is developing whiskered robot rats which might help in rescue or search missions under conditions...; Tags: Researcher, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-18
K.I.M.S.--SAR K-9 Handler Edition (exe): K.I.M.S.--SAR K-9 Handler Edition prepare, organize, secure, and report your training sessions like never before with the K-9 Information Management System (K.I.M.S.) --Search and Rescue K-9 Handler Edition. Redesigned medical Records to include vaccinations and their expiration dates. Forensic K-9 type added. Report generator redesigned to allow for a virtually...; Tags: Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Software downloads 2007-05-15
Searchers: We will find James Kim: Oregon rescue chief says he admires lost manOregon search and rescue officials talk about clues left by CNET Editor James Kim. Searchers continue moving slowly through wooded, rugged canyon.; Tags: James Kim; Videos 2006-12-06
Interview with Rob Savoye of Gnash, the GPL Flash project: With Suns recent announcement that they are planning on freeing Java under the GPL and Adobes decision to open source the Actionscript Virtual Machine, I thought it would be good to take a look at other open source Rich Internet Application solutions. One of the most famous is Gnash, a...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, GameSWF; Blog posts 2006-11-16

ZDNet reader makes good point about WGA and security distractions in Windows: ZDNet reader makes good point about WGA and security distractions in WindowsWGA and "Mission Critical"The mix of the two topics presented makes for some interesting scenarios . . . is this realistic as presented?Nearly all of the WGA issues reported here and in talkbacks appear to effect [i]newly installed[/i] copies...; Tags: Operating systems, security, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2006-10-10
ZDNet reader makes good point about WGA and security distractions in Windows: In my last post about Microsofts Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy software, I picked up (third-hand) on a hypothetical mission critical scenario where, for whatever reasons, surgeons who rely on Windows in the operating room could end up having WGA interfere with the task at hand. When I say,...; Tags: WGA, computer; Blog posts 2006-10-10
Gradient-Driven Target Acquisition in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: Navigation of mobile wireless sensor networks and fast target acquisition without a map are two challenging problems in search and rescue applications. This paper proposes and evaluates a novel Gradient Driven method, called GraDrive. The approach integrates per-node prediction with global collaborative prediction to estimate the position of a stationary...; Tags: Acquisition, Mobile, Network, Sensor, University Of Minnesota, Search And Rescue, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; White papers 2006-09-30
Search and Rescue Organisation Deploys Intelligent Mapping System to Save Lives at Sea: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifesaving service around the U.K. and Republic of Ireland. The organisation wanted to use technology to prevent the deaths of fishermen on smaller boats. Active Web Solutions AWS developed a system, based on the Microsoft .NET Framework and...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Search And Rescue, Search And Rescue Organisation, Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Case studies 2006-05-01
Toward Automatic Reconfiguration of Robot-Sensor Networks for Urban Search and Rescue: An urban search and rescue environment is generally explored with two high-level goals: first, to map the space in three dimensions using a local, relative coordinate frame of reference; and second, to identify targets within that space, such as human victims, data recorders, suspected terrorist devices or other valuable or...; Tags: Agent, Mobility, Association For Computing Machinery, Search And Rescue, Search And Rescue Environment, Real Estate, Business Operations; White papers 2006-03-06
Will first responders lose Blackberries?: Will first responders lose Blackberries?let NTP solve itIf NTP is so concerned about allowing the service to continue why don't they accept a fair settlement and let RIM continue doing business, or alternatively come up with their service to replace it. I don't understand why they don't want to...; Tags: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent office, RIM BlackBerry, first responder, responder, NTP, Research In Motion Ltd., Uncle Sam; Discussion threads 2006-01-23
The communications meltdown: 911 and other critical communications are essentially wiped out in much of the devastated Gulf Coast region, according to Federal Computer Week. “What we’re finding in the rural coastal communities is that there is no ability to pick...; Tags: crew, disaster recovery; Blog posts 2005-09-02
A personal note: A personal noteInteresting to noteNew Orleans was founded by or at least greatly boosted by Acadians booted out of Nova Scotia by the British. I guess this proves that Canada considers this "good riddence".Save your moneyAmericans brought this tragedy on themselves. If the 80 year old levee system had been...; Tags: tragedy; Discussion threads 2005-09-01
PARAMOUNT - A LBS Prototype for Hikers: In the EC funded project PARAMOUNT, a Location Based Service LBS prototype for hikers has been developed and validated in test areas in the Alps and Pyrenees. Within PARAMOUNT, three service packages are available, utilizing Satellite Navigation GNSS, Telecommunication GPRS and GIS technologies. INFOTOUR provides different kinds of information and...; Tags: Search And Rescue, INFOTOUR, GIS, Software; White papers 2005-07-05
Tech issues that'll give you the creeps: Tech issues that'll give you the creepsOn RFIDI have voiced in this forum my protest to what I would classify as regardless acceptance of RFID, without expressed consideration of the opportunities for misuse and abuse - maybe not today but sooner than most would expect. So I don't want...; Tags: Schwartz, Nothing, Jenny, RFID; Discussion threads 2004-10-29
A Sensor Based Tracking System Using Witnesses: Search and rescue of people in emergency situations, e.g. lost hikers, stranded climbers, or injured skiers has been difficult due to lack of information about their location at various times. Current location and tracking systems require a connected network via satellites, GSM base stations, or mobile devices. This requirement severely...; Tags: Sensor, University Of Colorado; White papers
Search-and-Rescue the HP iPAQ Way: Lentopelastus is a voluntary Finnish body involved in search-and-rescue operations. To speed up search-and-rescue operations, Lentopelastus needed to be able to communicate more effectively with the emergency services. Most importantly, it wanted to be able to transmit precise map coordinates quickly to the police or fire service. This required a...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Lentopelastus, GPS, Workforce Management, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Hardware; Case studies