Category Archives: Intelligent Video
Surveillance Robot Granted FCC Waiver for Video Transmissions
There’s a small two-wheeled surveillance robot that’s been used by the military in combat zones called the Throwbot made by Recon Robotics.
The name implies that you can physically hurl this device wherever it’s needed and that’s true. Check out the video for a demonstration.
Matthew Lasar’s article Army sruveillance bot approved for use by police, fireman at Ars Technica explains […]
Designing an Intrusion Detection System
There’s a detailed tutorial by John Honovich at IP Security Market Info titled “Designing Intrusion Detection / Alarm Monitoring” where he answers fundamental questions and shares understanding of the options and tradeoffs when designing this system such as:
Cost
Designing intrustion detection in layers
Control panel selection
Control / Input / Output devices needed
Use of wireless devices
System monitoring options
If you’re […]
IP Surveillance Systems Restricted by IT Departments?
A report commissioned by Axis shows that some retailers are unable to implement an IP based surveillance system due to perceived bandwidth limitations and a lack of collaboration from the company’s IT department.
However the report also suggests that while many stores still rely on CCTV analog systems, that IP-based surveillance is on their horizon so that they […]