Technology

Modern technology and enhanced surveillance across national highways for curtailing road safety violations

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will implement advanced traffic management system (…

Railways finalises Rs 15,000 crore project to Install 75,000 AI-based CCTV cameras in coaches

In a bid to strengthen the safety system across the Indian rail network, the Railways has decided…

Kerala police stations come under CCTV surveillance

All police stations in the state will soon come under round-the-clock camera surveillance of the…

Is AI-based false alarm filtering the beginning of the end for remote CCTV monitoring as we know it?

Despite their introduction in Germany in 1940, the first CCTV cameras did not appear in the UK until 1960. Back then, if you were…

Indian Railways to introduce Black Box technology for better monitoring of trains

Taking a cue from aeroplanes, Indian Railways will now install black boxes on the engines of trains. The West Central Railway has…

Japan railway to use 3D imaging to ensure safety at crossings

A Japanese railway operator is about to make crossing its train lines safer with a new security system that uses AI and 3D…

Wrist-Mounted camera captures entire body in 3D

Using a miniature camera and a customised deep neural network, Cornell researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind wristband…

Manchester sees 5% increase in CCTV cameras over three-year period

The number of CCTV cameras in Manchester increased by 5 per cent over three years, a new study shows. The number in the area…

Mumbai to get 5800 new CCTV cameras by year-end

Mumbai is expected to get 5,837 new close circuit television cameras (CCTV) by the end of December as part of the second phase of…

San Francisco, Cancún now direct travellers through face biometrics checks

Vacationers travelling in North America by ship and plane are seeing more biometric verification at ports of entry. Princess…

Swiss Army supplier selects Global ID vein biometrics for accelerator program

Swiss security technology provider RUAG has selected vein biometrics developer Global ID as part of the second batch of startups…

DRDO to develop training aids for security forces dogs

In the first ever project of its kind in the country, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken up a…

Canadian police reveal face biometrics tools used for missing persons investigations

Canadas federal police force has been using facial recognition software Traffic Jam and Spotlight to investigate human…

Spalding: New high-tech CCTV cameras to be installed

New high-tech CCTV cameras are set to be installed in a Lincolnshire town in a bid to cut crime. Spalding will be the first of…

Subway trains in New York City getting security cameras

Security cameras, which are already ubiquitous on New Yorks streets, will soon be installed in all of the citys nearly 6,400…