http://hsdailywire.com Homeland Security News and Information 2008 Homeland Security Daily Wire en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://hsdailywire.com http://hsdailywire.com/ads/WEBLOGO.jpg 144 12 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=537&source=rss Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=537&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=653&source=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:26:56 -0500 The nuclear industry wanted labeling rules on nuclear materials eased so that such materials could be more easily transported to disposal sites; too bad this relaxation makes it more difficult to identify dirty bombs http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=653&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=657&source=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:27:11 -0500 Much money is invested in developing ever more sensitive and accurate explosive detection technology, and Sense has been working at the Oak Ridge laboratory to develop such a technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=657&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=664&source=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:30:42 -0500 Virginia-based lab receives funds to continue to develop bioterror tool that government experts like http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=664&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=668&source=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Congress and the administration are going to cut the federal budget in order to fight the budget deficit -- with one exception: DHS budget http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=668&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=670&source=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Explosive detection is the rage, and mass spectrometry California detection developer impressively wins award for its device http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=670&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=682&source=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:39:46 -0500 Leading manufacturer of nuclear, biological, and chemical detection system receives coveted DHS certification http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=682&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=721&source=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:16:44 -0500 As Iran marches relentlessly toward the bomb, and North Korea continues to augment its own nuclear arsenal, worries about nuclear attack on the U.S. grow, and a new government-wide team is preparing for the grim event http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=721&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=722&source=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:35:30 -0500 So you have a great homeland security idea but need money to fund the R&D? You may want to have this new report on your desk (although it will cost you a pretty penny to get it) http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=722&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=733&source=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:57:21 -0500 The story of an innovative start-up with good radiation detection technology and how it raised its funds http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=733&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=754&source=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:20:43 -0500 Growing worries about what is euphemistically called nuclear "event" in the United States lead to creation of radiation-detection team in the Pentagon, and new radiation detection center at Oak Ridge Laboratory http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=754&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=756&source=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:59:54 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=756&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=793&source=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:59:20 -0500 Two companies join with the U.S. Navy's research unit to develop better detection sensors of chemical, biological, and nuclear materials http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=793&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=821&source=rss Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:13:43 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=821&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=831&source=rss Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:42:58 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=831&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=832&source=rss Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:43:21 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=832&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=834&source=rss Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=834&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=840&source=rss Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:46:46 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=840&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=853&source=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:15:00 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=853&source=rss 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http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=928&source=rss Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:48:32 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=928&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=931&source=rss Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:49:44 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=931&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=956&source=rss Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=956&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=971&source=rss Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=971&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=987&source=rss Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=987&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=988&source=rss Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=988&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1005&source=rss Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1005&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1009&source=rss Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1009&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1032&source=rss Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1032&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1097&source=rss Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1097&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1098&source=rss Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1098&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1137&source=rss Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 The move toward federal regulation of safety measures at the more than 15,000 U.S. chemical plants is inevitable, and companies begin to suggest their under-development products in support of the forthcoming measures http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1137&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1140&source=rss Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Maryland contamination gear maker receives military order for its pressured-air testers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1140&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1148&source=rss Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 GAO’s undercover agents managed to smuggle radioactive material into the U.S.; nuclear sniffers at the ports of entry discovered the material, but border guards were easily fooled by fake documents – and the lack of a centralized registry listing what people and companies are allowed to ship nuclear materials http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1148&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1149&source=rss Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 The Bush administration will start negotiating with the Bahamian government to allow U.S. custom agents to monitor nuclear radiation detection operations at Freeport conducted by Hong Kong company – or the deal may go the way of the DP World and Check Point-Sourcefire deals went http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1149&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1161&source=rss Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 German companies' contribution to homeland security has been surprisingly modest, so it is good to see two German companies offer an innovative bomb detection and diffusion robot -- and do so in time for the June World Cup Soccer tournament http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1161&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1171&source=rss Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Manufacturer of an effective, if controversial, backscatter X-ray scanner receives first order for the mobile version of the device from south of the border http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1171&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1195&source=rss Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Democratic minority in the House Homeland Security Committee wanted a strict timetable for implementing freight container security measure, but Republican majority defeats proposal http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1195&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1245&source=rss Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Monitoring system developer sells two more units in Georgia http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1245&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1266&source=rss Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Maker of hand-held explosive detection device send more units to China, where more than 100 units have already been deployed http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1266&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1299&source=rss Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 IMF has selected an air monitoring system from Isonics to guard its Washington, D.C. HQ against chemical weapon attacks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1299&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1321&source=rss Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Worries about the rising price of oil and the degradation of the environment by fossil fuels have led to renewed interest in nuclear power plants; worries about terrorism, however, cut in the other http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1321&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1481&source=rss Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Iran's crash program to develop ballistic missiles, to say nothing of its relentless drive to build nuclear weapons, has rekindled an anxious interest in missile defenses; other aerial threats such as cruise missiles and UAVs only add to the drive for better and more sophisticated aerial defenses, offering opportunities for companies and investors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1481&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1628&source=rss Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 It is one thing to protect against and cope with a chemical attack by terrorists; but what about disposing of the chemically tainted debris in the wake of the attack? Incinerators in the United States will probably be overwhelmed; a new computer modeling study suggests that such debris can be safely disposed of in landfills http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1628&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1638&source=rss Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The military buys Smiths' hand-held detection device for nerve and blister chemical agents http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1638&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1643&source=rss Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:35:30 -0400 When companies design a homeland security piece of equipment, they typically put most, if not all, of their emphasis on the device’s effectiveness; still, a chemical detection device wins a prestigious design prize http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1643&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1650&source=rss Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 AS&E develops a unique X-ray detection system which allows, among other things, for law enforcement personnel to conduct inconspicuous drive-by scanning; an unnamed country in the Middle East has just purchased several of these systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1650&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1658&source=rss Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A Maryland company has applied for a patent for its illegal-drugs sniffing device; the company says that the patent application is part of its plan to build on its detection technology so it could play a larger role in the growing homeland security market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1658&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1666&source=rss Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Nuclear warheads have to be inspected and refurbished regularly; to this, they are taken off the missiles and submarines where they are deployed and trucked to secure labs; the U.S. and British defense ministries insist that these warheads cannot explode as a result of accident to or terrorist attack on the convoys transporting them back and forth; a new U.K. Ministry of Defense study says this is not the case, and that a partial explosion (fizzle yield) and lethal release of radiation are possible during transit http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1666&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1669&source=rss Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A new market opportunity opens up for explosive detection systems: truck weighing stations http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1669&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1725&source=rss Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 DHS has recently awarded contracts worth more than $1.1 billion for the development of new and improved devices to detect radioactive radiation; the department’s goal is not only to deploy the new machines in all the U.S. airports, seaports, and land border crossings – but also to deploy the new systems in and around major U.S. cities; in addition, the U.S. and Russia have launched an ambitious new initiative to track and monitor potential nuclear terrorists; that global initiative, too, will require new and improved technologies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1725&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1733&source=rss Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 DHS may have cut some $83 million from its anti-terror grants to New York City, but it has selected a city port to test new radiation detection technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1733&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1734&source=rss Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The terror attacks on Mumbai trains reminded us, if a reminder was needed, of the vulnerability of public transportation; DHS conducts tests in Jersey City, Baltimore, and Atlanta for improving rail transportation safety http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1734&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1750&source=rss Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The market for hand-held X-ray fluorescence devices is still small -- about $90 million -- but it is the fastest-growing segment of X-ray detection devices; Bruker draws the right conclusions and acquires an innovative specialist in the field http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1750&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1751&source=rss Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Who says you cannot teach an old dog new tricks? This 20-year veteran in the security field is not only versatile, but it keeps adding to its capabilities and offerings, with the latest being a giant cargo scanning machine http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1751&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1779&source=rss Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 NYPD is beefing up chemical detection capabilities in the city’s subways, purchasing several hand-held detection devices from a leading manufacturer http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1779&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1780&source=rss Tue, 25 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0400 ICx wanted to bolster its chemical detection division, so it merged with detection specialist Griffin http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1780&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1846&source=rss Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 T. K. Jones, deputy undersecretary of defense for civil defense during the first couple of years of the Reagan administration, told a stunned audience in 1982 that the devastation from an all-out nuclear war with the USSR would not be as bad as people thought, and that if people dug a ditch in their back yard, put a plank over it, and then covered the plank with 3 feet of dirt, everything would be OK: “It's the dirt that does it,” he said, adding: “If there are enough shovels to go around, everybody's going to make it.” DHS has a Web site called Ready.gov offering helpful tips to people in case a disaster occurs; the site advises that if you walk down the street and a nuclear bomb explodes near you – you should run around the corner http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1846&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1861&source=rss Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The threat of nuclear terror is real, and DHS has created an office – the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, or DNDO – to implement a nuclear detection strategy; trouble is, most of the elements of that strategy are designed and implemented by other agencies, and Congress wants to see a better arrangement and coordination among these agencies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1861&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1883&source=rss Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Backscatter X-ray technology gained a modicum of notoriety when it was used to scan passengers for concealed weapons at airports: The technology was so sensitive, that mpassengers appeared naked on the screens of security personnel at check points; the cargo-screening version of the technology is not controversial, and the company is selling it at a brisk pace http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1883&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1893&source=rss Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 One of the early by-products of natural or manmade disaster is contaminated water; a Florida company shows a water-flirtation system mounted on a truck, sutiable for homeland security missions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1893&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1894&source=rss Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 San Diego company, known for its water-quality monitoring system, receives funding to develop X-ray maks for fabrication of high-speed C-RAM with 50-35 nanometer features http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1894&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1900&source=rss Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Though legislators question the effectiveness of DNDO, companies still line up to offer services to the organization; Parsons and SRS to work on detection systems under $1.157 billion contract http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1900&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1908&source=rss Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Governments have invested billions of dollars in explosive detection devices (EDs) and radiation detectors; the unfolding terrorist drama in London show that the current detection system has gaping holes which clever terrorists might exploit http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1908&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1909&source=rss Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Nanotechnolgy has already made many contributions to homeland security, and here is an intriguing one: Researchers in several California research centers join to demonstrate how nanowire barcodes can help in detecting bioterror agents – and epidemic carriers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1909&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1974&source=rss Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Leading developer of backscatter X-ray detection systems says its technology could help in detecting liquid explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1974&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1975&source=rss Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Two innovative developers of baggage screening technologies will jointly develop an improved system which will allow for more accuracy and shorter lines http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1975&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1986&source=rss Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 As worry about liquid bombs grows following the arrest last week of 21 suspected British terrorists, a company claims to have a long-proven record of detecting tri-cycloacetone peroxide and its component chemicals. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1986&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1996&source=rss Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Researchers at the University of Buffalo are working on (and desire further funding for) a chemical detection system that scans passengers' hands for minute traces of explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1996&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1997&source=rss Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 In a series of tests this summer, Sandia deployed its "detect to warn" system at McAfee Stadium in Oakland. A further test at the Nevada Test Site in August, where it will contend with an authentic chemical discharge, will determine when it will be delivered to DHS. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1997&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1998&source=rss Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The Kansas City, Missouri company reports that it achieved collection efficiences as high as 91.8% and managed to process 277 liters of air per minute http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=1998&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2000&source=rss Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 According to a 2005 DHS study, images on X-ray machines do not provide enough information to allow the detection of explosives. Still, transportation officials press forward and insist on shoe removal, saying it allows screeners to see if footwear has been tampered with a la Richard Reid. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2000&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2001&source=rss Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Sitting pretty after recent reports that X-rays are ineffective explosive detectors, the Australian company pushes forward with its patented Quadropole Resonance technology. http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2001&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2009&source=rss Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 At a press conference yesterday, officials defended themselves with X-ray images of shoes with and without bombs; the difference was easy to see, they said http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2009&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2012&source=rss Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Experts warned this week that cargo pants, currently fashionable among teens and perhaps terrorists, pose a threat to airline security; The roomy pockets, they said, would be ideal for holding liquid explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2012&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2013&source=rss Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 In two incidents, passengers doused airline cabins with gasoline; one died after the plane went up in flames, the other was subdued after demanding transit to Taiwan http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2013&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2021&source=rss Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The contract under the Defense Guardian Installation Protection Program is worth $490,000; company will deploy proprietary fabric shelter structures http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2021&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2024&source=rss Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Army will fit iRobot PackBot with Smiths' Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD); tests to continue in Alaska http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2024&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2030&source=rss Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2030&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2044&source=rss Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 A RAND study says that a 10-kiloton nuclear explosion at the Port of Long Beach could kill 60,000 people instantly, expose 150,000 more to hazardous radiation, and cause ten times more economic loss than the 9/11 terrorist attacks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2044&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2051&source=rss Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 In tests conducted in spring 2004, TSA found that, compared with X-ray machine systems, screeners using the fluoroscopic system from Golan Group were more likely to detect IEDs -- especially those "artfully concealed"; it is time to consider to act on the study's conclusions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2051&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2055&source=rss Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 What do laptops, medical devices, and cameras have in common? they are characterized by small size and sophisticated internal components; tracing explosives hidden in them is thus difficult; TraceGuard is developing a solution specifically aimed at sniffing explosives hidden in such devices http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2055&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2061&source=rss Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Built with off-the-shelf parts at $12,000 per unit, the device uses the same sodium iodide crystal technology as more expensive systems, including those recently bought by DHS at six-figure prices http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2061&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2062&source=rss Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Company will further develop its Continuous Sludge Leaching and New Tank Cesium Removal technologies; total value of six-month contracts is $3.3 million http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2062&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2088&source=rss Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:35:30 -0400 TSI will test company's PinPoint explosive detection technology; success will mean operational testing in airports; company recently permitted to export technology overseas http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2088&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2135&source=rss Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Physicians for Social Responsibilty says DHS has no plan to evacuate communities downwind from a dirty nuke attack; field emergency plans inadequate; DHS says report "lacks a grasp of reality" http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2135&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2160&source=rss Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Despite recent worries about explosive detection industry, DHS moves forward with long-term deals; unnamed agency purchased eight ZBV vans last month http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2160&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2189&source=rss Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Phase II award to finance further development of LIBS spectrochemical hazard analysis technology; laser-based approach ideal for troops in the field; toxic substances a constant threat in Iraq http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2189&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2216&source=rss Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The most pressing nuclear risk is the one involving a dirty bomb: Nuclear materials are used for routine operations by tens of thousands of commercial establishments, requiring a vast system of shipment, handling, and storage; many of these facilities, and practically all of the shipping procedure, are but loosely guarded, if that, offering easy targets for terrorists intent on obtaining the material; would that we had a technology which would reduce our reliance on nuclear materials; Applied Nanotech believes it has such a technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2216&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2222&source=rss Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Z Backscatter Van continues to hold U.S. government's attention; deal follows a series of multi-million dollar deals with U.S. and Middle Eastern nations; price includes training, service, and labor warranty http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2222&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2230&source=rss Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Farmers fight off ammonium nitrate controls; television station opposes handing over frequency for emergency services; retailers stick to their guns on radiological screening of containers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2230&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2248&source=rss Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The beefed-up port security measure places heavy emphasis on radiation detection at U.S. ports, but Republicans fought off Democrats' demand to include a mandatory 100% inspection of all U.S.-bound cargo containers; bill also increases funding for rail and land transportation security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2248&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2250&source=rss Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The beefed-up port security measure places heavy emphasis on radiation detection at U.S. ports, but Republicans fought off Democrats' demand to include a mandatory 100% inspection of all U.S.-bound cargo containers; bill also increases funding for rail and land transportation security http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2250&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2265&source=rss Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Program brings together trace detection and video capabilities to defend against train terrorism; when explosves are detected at ticketing kiosks, Broadware cameras transmit a digital picture to security personnel while the entry gates refuse access http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2265&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2291&source=rss Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Program brings together trace detection and video capabilities to defend against train terrorism; when explosves are detected at ticketing kiosks, Broadware cameras transmit a digital picture to security personnel while the entry gates refuse access http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2291&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2292&source=rss Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Program brings together trace detection and video capabilities to defend against train terrorism; when explosves are detected at ticketing kiosks, Broadware cameras transmit a digital picture to security personnel while the entry gates refuse access http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2292&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2293&source=rss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Sandia National Lab invested more than $25 Million since 1996 to develop a hand-helf miniaturized chemical analysis laboratory; in 2001 the lab unveiled the microChemLab and signed an exclusive license agreement with Nanodetex, a start-up run by two former lab employees, to manufacture and market the device, but the first device is yet to be commercially available; a U.K. defense contrator who signed up two years ago to be the sensor's U.K. distrubutor but is yet to receive his first shipment, wrote DHS secretary Chertoff to complain about a vital technology being "trapped" inside the Sandia bureaucracy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2293&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2359&source=rss Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Local companies take advantage of proximity to high education; Daylight Solutions offers a hand held trace explosive detector that relies on lasers; Seacoast Science "volitaile organic chemical detector" identifies sarin, acetone, and other deadly chemicals http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2359&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2410&source=rss Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Demand seen for small radiation detectors in Asia; manufacturers of potassium iodite, potassium iodide, and potassium iodate should start reviewing inventory now http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2410&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2458&source=rss Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 In Congress they debate whether or not to mandatory 100 percent inspection of U.S.-bound cargo containers; two explosive detection leaders are joining hands to produce a system which will make sure that 100 percent of subway passengers in the U.S. are screened for explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2458&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2462&source=rss Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Off the shelf products no good for this enterprising state with high standards for quality and usability; officials seek to purchase 22,000 hybrid devices; Thermo Electron, Canberra Industries, and RAE Systems among likely bidders http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2462&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2485&source=rss Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Company will supply portable gas and radiation detectors to fifty-five Guard Civil Support Teams; agile Rapid Deployment Kits consist of four specialized monitors and sensors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2485&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2491&source=rss Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 ASU professor set out to develop a more sensitive enzymatic detector for better management of diabetics, and realized that the technology may be used for quick and accurate detection of liquid explosives; and a good thing, too, as terrorists show a greater tendency to move away from commercial explosives toward home-made ones http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2491&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2510&source=rss Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Scheduled for deployment next year, the monitors failed to correctlty identify highly enriched uranium, whether masked or bare; GAO finds the cost of $377,000 per unit entirely unjustified and asks DHS officials to go back to the drawing board; Thermo Electron, Raytheon, and Canberra Industries to received $1.2 billion for new machines http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2510&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2515&source=rss Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 Soldiers and first responders are exposed to chemical and biological threats, so there is a need to develop a quick and accurate technology to identify dangerous exposure -- a technology, moreover, which can be carried easily into the field or the urban disaster area to perform on-the-spot contamination checks; researchers affiliated with MIT have developed such a technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2515&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2521&source=rss Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The North Korea nuclear test, and the inexorable march of Iran toward acquiring nuclear weapons, increase the risks of nuclear weapon proliferation; there are thus many opportunities in developing new radiation detection technologies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2521&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2540&source=rss Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The Fido XT is used alongside canine units to maximize coverage; users must train themselves to imitate German shepherds; technology is sensitive enough to locate a pistol that has not been fired in ten years; robot mounting an option, too http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2540&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2541&source=rss Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The Fido XT is used alongside canine units to maximize coverage; users must train themselves to imitate German shepherds; technology is sensitive enough to locate a pistol that has not been fired in ten years; robot mounting an option, too http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2541&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2579&source=rss Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0400 The market for the secure containment, transportation, and storage of nuclear materials is growing -- what with these materials offering lucrative targets for terrorists and growing environmental concerns; Thresher, a company which knows a thing or two about casting and composite materials, is acquiring Talon, a specialist in manufacturing premium metal matrix composites http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2579&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2614&source=rss Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0500 There are several types of radiation detectors, but experts lean toward germanium-based gamma ray detectors as offering the best combination of resolution and sensitivity; a specialist in this technology has just won a $2.4 million contract from DHS -- a contract with a potential $50 million value over a five year period http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2614&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2615&source=rss Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Succesful companies include SAIC, Ametec AMT, Sanmina-SCI, Target Instruments, and Smiths Detection; DHS to purchase 1,000 handheld and 200 backpack systems http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2615&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2650&source=rss Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Scheduled for deployment at the 2012 London Olympics, the system incorporates a slew of automated measures to detect explosives and weapons; scheme resembles GE's Checkpoint of the Future, including the use of the much-maligned puffer machines http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2650&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2678&source=rss Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Massachusetts-based radiation-detection specialist shows mixed financial results for Q2 2007; earning per share suffered as a result of the adoption in April of SFAS 123R, and the resulting pre-tax charge; the company boasts of the highest order backlog in company's history -- a respectable $117 million http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2678&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2726&source=rss Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 From the construction to the pharmaceutical industries, many companies rely on sealed and bonded radioactive materials; the National Source Tracking System now requires next-day notification of purchases; data will be used to identify and track suspicious transactions http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2726&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2748&source=rss Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Non-intrusive meathod of cargo screening propels deutrons into tritium in order to generate a powerful beam of nuetrons that excite hidden radioactive material http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2748&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2751&source=rss Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Maker of popular BioSentry and other laser-based and X-ray detection systems receives note from NASDAQ that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement and may be delisted http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2751&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2775&source=rss Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 As an increasing number of companies develop portable, self-contained laboratories, ARCO jumps ahead to fight a common terrorist explosive; technology uses enzyme-catalyzed oxidation to produce colored pigments; low cost per unit a huge attraction for pen devices http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2775&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2839&source=rss Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 U.K.-based sensor technology specialist acquires two Singapore-based companies -- underwater sonar firm Tritech and its design and manufacturing partner Swift; acquisiton will help Halma strengthen its position in the homeland sceucity and petrchemical markets http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2839&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2843&source=rss Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2843&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2858&source=rss Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Contract covers a range of explosives detection needs, including parcel, personnel, and cargo; no ZBVs in this deal, despite company's oft-reported success http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2858&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2864&source=rss Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Based on research done by UK-based Inscentinel, government entymologists train bees with sugar water to detect bombs and IEDs; four bees are placed in a small box monitored by image recognition software; when explosives are detected, the bees extend their proboscises and trigger an alarm http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2864&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2869&source=rss Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Kiosks arranged around event perimeter use trace explosives technology to screen ticketholders; those who pass are issued a "Keepsake" that acts as both souvenir and security authorization http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2869&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2875&source=rss Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Conventional butyl rubber is blended with polymerizable liquid crystal; water transfer rates and permeability substantially improved, allowing for lighter and safer suits; other applications include filters for brine and contaminated water http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2875&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2910&source=rss Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2910&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2915&source=rss Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Under a secret three year program, scientists have been working on methods to automatically destroy a warhead if it is stolen or tampered with; though details are secret, method might involve an acid that destroys the mechanisms and contaminates the radiactive core http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2915&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2938&source=rss Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Port Qasim, Puerto Cortes, and Port Salalah among the first to install radiation detection equipment; DHS allocates $60 million to buy the equipment; Dubai Ports once again in the news, but nobody has yet to complain; only 7 percent of outgoing cargo to be inspected http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2938&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2946&source=rss Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Business is booming, particularly in the federal sector; some end users, however, are shying away from the sometimes unreliable technology; research firm suggests industry needs better PR http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2946&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2947&source=rss Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Many radioactive materials are easily bought from scientific supply companies; one retailer posts an on-line note defending polonium sales; americium from smoke detectors remains a slight risk http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=2947&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3000&source=rss Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Unlike its competitors, the Flexible Illicit Nuclear Detection system can detect dirty bombs in moving traffic; system adaptable for mail parcel facilities, bulk cargo, and small water-borne vessels http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3000&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3004&source=rss Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Not coincidentally, contract goes to company headed by the son of China's president; terms are undisclosed, but 147 airports will receive scanners normally priced at $200,000 per unit; company already controls 90 percent of the domestic scanner market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3004&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3010&source=rss Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Ohio's Third Frontier Commission awards $28 million for the development of a sensor technology research center; business partners include Woolpert, General Dynamics, UES, YSI, and L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3010&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3018&source=rss Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Ohio's Third Frontier Commission awards $28 million for the development of a sensor technology research center; business partners include Woolpert, General Dynamics, UES, YSI, and L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3018&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3021&source=rss Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Portable, polymerase-based, hand-held device relies on a DNA biochip; flexibility a major selling point; field testing to be done by university spin-off AquaBioChip http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3021&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3022&source=rss Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Employees three times applied too much pressure to a W56 warhead; detonation a real possibility after safety mechanism fails; watchdog group says company forced workers to stay on the job 72 hours each week; BWX to pay $110,000, partly for not properly reporting the incidents http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3022&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3025&source=rss Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Chinca holds the unenviable world record in coal-mine accidents; RAE Systems has formed a joint venture in China, aiming to translate its expertise in developing multi-sensor chemical and radiation detection monitors into coal-mine safety solutions and products http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3025&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3026&source=rss Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 $25 million at stake for a lucky company; system must distinguish between naturally occurring radioactive material and medical isotopes; prototype must be compatible with an existing vehicle-sized detector; bids due at the end of January http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3026&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3030&source=rss Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Student test subjects put their nose to the ground to find chocolate; after training, results dramatically improved; new discovery holds insight for the explosives detection business http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3030&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3046&source=rss Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Contract awarded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as part of the CounterACT program; SRI to focus on preclinical development that can lead to potential therapeutic candidates http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3046&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3057&source=rss Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:30 -0500 Down but not out: JMAR has been delisted from NASDAQ, having failed to satisfy the $1 bid price requirement and the $2.5 million shareholders' equity requirementbut; it will soon be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Boardw; company says move alleviated the need to pursue a reverse stock split http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3057&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3068&source=rss Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset has been in development since 2004; moving on-line critical to dispersing data to first responders; physics-based models assess terrain, wind patterns, and other factors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3068&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3082&source=rss Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Milk thistle has shown remarkable ability to prevent skin cancer; $2.7 million contract will explore whether similar mechanism may obtain for mustard gas exposure; researcher hopes to create an ointment to be applied post-attack http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3082&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3090&source=rss Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Linton Brooks gets the axe after a series of breaches expose the weakness of lab cyber-security; failure to do away with removable storage devices in weapons-related computers cited; Energy Department starts the hunt for a replacement http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3090&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3095&source=rss Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Urban Areas Security Initiative and Citizen Corps Program receive mild funding boosts; other programs see minor losses; DHS gives risk assessment the old college try http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3095&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3116&source=rss Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 RAID-M chemical weapons detectors already a hit with German and Danish forces; devices will support the National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams' Analytical Laboratory System http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3116&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3134&source=rss Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Heavy-duty truck is first to incorporate IRCS's national guard vehicle information system for interoperability and networking; flexible communications, NBS detection, and nighttime surveillance among the features of this interesting vehicle http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3134&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3136&source=rss Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Companies will discuss technology-sharing possibilities; RAE's AreaRAE system looks to expand into the explosives detection business; ISC's device identifies TNT, black powder, ammonium nitrate, and more http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3136&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3140&source=rss Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 As worries about radiation attack by terorists -- whether on a large scale, or for the killing of a single individual, as was the case in the recent London poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko -- the FDA approves human trials of new radiation countermeasure from a Minnesota company http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3140&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3151&source=rss Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 As worries about radiation attack by terorists -- whether on a large scale, or for the killing of a single individual, as was the case in the recent London poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko -- the FDA approves human trials of new radiation countermeasure from a Minnesota company http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3151&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3173&source=rss Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Smiths Groups sells its aerospace division to GE for $4.8 billion, proposing investors a £2.1 billion return -- and then forms a detection JV with that company, with both companies hopingt o benefit from increased spending on WMD dection http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3173&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3175&source=rss Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Virginia company's CounterBomber is proven effective at identifying hidden weapons on moving individuals; addition of gait recognition will allow constant surveillance of suspects, as well as point out a few new ones as well http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3175&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3187&source=rss Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Company, developer of X-ray technology capable of detecting uranium, explosives, and drugs, wins $50,000 but declines to put down roots in Maryland; other finalists include TIRF Technologies, Armada Group, and Riverglass http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3187&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3203&source=rss Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Company, developer of X-ray technology capable of detecting uranium, explosives, and drugs, wins $50,000 but declines to put down roots in Maryland; other finalists include TIRF Technologies, Armada Group, and Riverglass http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3203&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3205&source=rss Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Sitting between microwave and infrarerd, terahertz has long been neglected; technology is already used to detect chemical compounds in space, and so researchers look to miniaturize the system and create a library of spectral signatures http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3205&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3221&source=rss Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Scent-tracking behavior provides a model for uncertain robot sniffers; Infotaxis algorithim developed by U.S. and U.K. researchers helps the robot develop and react to a "probability map"; exploration and exploitation tendencies are coordinated http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3221&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3230&source=rss Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Device creates real-time 3D images of subsea objects; port security the primary market for this intriguing new sonar product; company already known for its oil exploration-enhancing echoscope; government delivery pending http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3230&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3241&source=rss Mon, 27 Jan 1997 05:35:30 -0500 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3241&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3244&source=rss Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Airport luggage screening to benefit from this breakthrough approach; nitrogen nuclear quadrupole resonance solves the problem of low nitrogen resonance levels; distinghuishing between cocaine and explosives the key challenge http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3244&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3248&source=rss Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Ion mobility spectrometery has already proven itself in Smiths Detection's Sentinel portals, but all agree that improvement in chemical detection is neccesary; £1 million project will take a close look at ionization chemistry http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3248&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3249&source=rss Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Canine Detection Improvement Act of 2007 sets out standards for an increased push at explosives detection; airports and other critical infrastructure suffer from a lack of trained dogs; "breed American" is the new watchword, as congressmen try to take the German out of German shepherd http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3249&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3251&source=rss Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Known for its optical threat detection systems, the Canadian company finds new friends in the VC market; Innovatech Quebec continues to have faith in this homegrown company; company prepares for a big 2008 http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3251&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3258&source=rss Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Developed with a USMC grant, New York, Chicago, and other cities show interest in a chemical sensing system that can be worn on the clothing or attached to a robot; Chameleon system relies on armbands and disposable cartridges to provide a reading http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3258&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3268&source=rss Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Popular PackBot model will carry ICx's Fido explosives detection system; deal shows iRobot's popularity among the military; 100 combined systems will be produced, most likely for use in Iraq and Afghanistan http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3268&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3269&source=rss Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Cell phone-sized DoseRae suite provides a rugged alternative for both personal and professional use; units provide accurate dose readings with a resolution of less than 0.02 microSieverts; SAIC lends a hand http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3269&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3279&source=rss Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Many sensors rely on proteins that bind to suspected agents; a problem develops, however, when the biological weapon is new and unknown; controllable proteins, optimistic researcher say, will be to biowarfare detection what transistors were to computing http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3279&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3280&source=rss Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Many sensors rely on proteins that bind to suspected agents; a problem develops, however, when the biological weapon is new and unknown; controllable proteins, optimistic researcher say, will be to biowarfare detection what transistors were to computing http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3280&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3281&source=rss Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Robotics company known for its SHERPA platform will create a speedy unmanned ground vehicle with a manipulator arm; military has long desired a combination of swiftness and technical prowess; Foster-Miller and Exponent lend a hand http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3281&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3285&source=rss Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Follow-on order comes as part of a larger $300 deal for 17,000 units; 3,000 have already been delivered for use in Iraq and Afghanistan; AN/PSS-14 system marries metal detection to ground-pentrating radar http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3285&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3306&source=rss Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Allocation would be a major improvement over previous years; IEDs continue to take a toll, yet technological responses remain problematic; other budget winners include the Future Combat System and BioSense http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3306&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3338&source=rss Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 DHS will begin this spring testing an elaborate system of nuclear radiation monitoring in and around New York City; concerns persist about cost, effectiveness, and disruptions to commerce and traffic from false alarms http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3338&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3345&source=rss Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 More than 170 have been killed by explosively formed penetrators capable of penetrating tanks; military says jamming countermeasures are ineffective; weekend announcement is first public acknowledgement of their existence; a prime opportunity awaits the savvy inventor http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3345&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3355&source=rss Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Industry heavyweight will give the AN/BLQ-11 Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System a thorough going-over; system capable of twelve hours of autonomous reconnaissance before docking itself through the torpedo tube; testing to begin at Puget Sound and Bahamas http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3355&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3356&source=rss Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Unschooled in advanced techniques, soldiers play kick the can; American observers horrified; worries grow about ability of Iraqi army to manage on its own http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3356&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3364&source=rss Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 With EFPs suddenly in the limelight, it is important to keep in mind other IED threats; speed bump IEDs are simple to manufacture, easy to conceal, and require no Iranian assistance; V-shaped hulls and mine rollers among established defensive techniques, but more are needed http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3364&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3375&source=rss Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The House voted to mandate 100% inspection of U.S.-bound frieght containers; a Senate panel agrees with the Bush administration that the measure would be too costly http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3375&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3379&source=rss Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to hold a three-day conference in Leesburg, Virginia; event open to industry and academia, but attendees must possess secret clearances; Ike Skelton to give the keynote address http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3379&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3386&source=rss Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Equipped with $100,000 in equipment, the trailer can quickly identify fourteen biological agents; McConnell Air Force Base plays host; mobile testing marches on http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3386&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3392&source=rss Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 $7 million study finds advanced explosives and screening methods suffer high false positive rates; yet traditional methods such as X-rays and canines suffer from poor economies of scale; study may upset congressional plans to boost railroad security spending http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3392&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3397&source=rss Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and the National Science Foundation team up to encourage research into sensors and radiation dispersal devices http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3397&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3398&source=rss Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Disposable, self-contained system can fit in a wallet and requires little training to use; ampoules within the card contain the reagent materials, eliminating the need to handle chemicals; DHS, Mounties among current customers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3398&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3412&source=rss Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Company predicts lower-than-expected earnings in 2007; Roomba and PackBot make an unlikely kinship; coordinating networks of PackBots the next big challenge as Helen Grenier looks to develop packs of surveillance droids http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3412&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3430&source=rss Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 $4.4 million contract will pay for the development of demining and counterming technologies; deal follows $10 million in earlier contracts with Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3430&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3433&source=rss Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Relying on camera phones compatible with Palm OS or Windows Mobile 5.0, RealityVision system offers commanders unparalleled remote access to personnel on the ground http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3433&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3443&source=rss Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Star Trek-inspired mass spectrometer weighs less than twenty pounds; analysis can be done on surfaces outside the vacuum chamber; system detects biomarkers and explosives with ease; two Indiana companies rush into the market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3443&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3453&source=rss Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The generosity of the Office of Chief Scientist continues; New York-based company to continue work on automated trace extraction technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3453&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3456&source=rss Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Packbot, Talon, and Bombot are doing the job well, but the military wants to build a scalable system from the ground up; wireless communication a major concern due to interference from IED jammers; 2012 proposed production date http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3456&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3476&source=rss Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Special coating seen as a cure for industrial inhalation problems, and technology may eventually aid in large-scale radiation clean-ups; Y-12 National Security Complex conducts tests but needs help bringing it to market; http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3476&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3484&source=rss Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Unlike competitors, company's approach relies on voice recognition software to identify changes in bees' buzzing when exposed to particular chemicals; response takes less than thirty seconds; applications in both the homeland security and agriculture industries; portable model in development http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3484&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3496&source=rss Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Deal fills out German fleet to a robust forty; German soldiers spent eighteen months testing the EOD drones; iRobot continues to dominate the market http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3496&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3514&source=rss Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Problems with Project BioShield continue after HHS decides not to buy company's Neumune injectable; San Diego start-up's stock plummets http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3514&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3526&source=rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Maryland company firms up its relationship with GTC, a noted seller of goat-produced enzymes http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3526&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3566&source=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Program is intended to create baseline readings in order to later detect dirty bomb attacks; DoE and DHS lend a hand with planes, helicopters, and detectors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3566&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3569&source=rss Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 "Sources sought" details the agency's next generation UGV; winning drone will demonstrate endurance and flexibility http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3569&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3586&source=rss Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use lasers and quartz crystals to create a portable and rugged chemical weapons detection system http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3586&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3587&source=rss Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Peroxide-based explosives are nearly impossible to identify because they do not contain nitro groups and are colorless; ACRO offers a solution http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3587&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3589&source=rss Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 AreaRAE systems, already a hit with the National Guard, receive a tune-up; new sensors can detect hydrogen chloride, hydrogen flouride, and carbon monoxide http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3589&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3593&source=rss Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Technology relies on the effect of radiation on CCD sensors; approach permits clients to keep existing camera systems while offering an inexpensiive way to monitor for dirty bombs http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3593&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3616&source=rss Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 The U.S. government has bought several ZBVs -- AS&E's mobile backscatter X-ray scanning systems which may also be used in drive-by scanning -- and the company receives a rich service and maintenance contract http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3616&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3630&source=rss Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Democratic takeover presents opportunities for those in the compliance industry; company offers coursework and certifications in vehicle inspection techniques, MARSEC, and CFATS procedures http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3630&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3635&source=rss Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Chemical detection units earn $19 million for this industry heavyweight; Air Force spends $4.5 million on advanced hazmat identification equipment http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3635&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3655&source=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Federal government continues to look for better port-of-entry radiological and nuclear detection technologies; Alliant, Rapsican, SAIC, and others get the nod http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3655&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3659&source=rss Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:35:30 -0500 Offie is the first autonomous reconnaissance robot that detects not only potential attackers but also nuclear and chemical warfare agents http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3659&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3668&source=rss Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Cytogenetics biodosimetry makes a comeback at Oak Ridge http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3668&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3690&source=rss Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Company's Sabre 4000 trace explosives detection system remains popular among NYC police http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3690&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3699&source=rss Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Timothy Swager developed the technology behind ICx's Fido detector; Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded for innovation by a mid-career professional http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3699&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3733&source=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Recent tests of three next generation advanced spectroscopic portals find that none comes close to meeting 95 percent sensitivity; one proposed model detects enriched uranium only 17 percent of the time http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3733&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3742&source=rss Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Recent tests of three next generation advanced spectroscopic portals find that none comes close to meeting 95 percent sensitivity; one proposed model detects enriched uranium only 17 percent of the time http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3742&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3749&source=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Three-in-one machine relies on single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry; DARPA and DHS help pay the bills http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3749&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3753&source=rss Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Government has failed to solve problems with unscreened domestic fliers; travellers at Adelaide disembark on the tarmac http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3753&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3813&source=rss Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Developed during Vietnam era, Astrolite still has commercial blasting applications; unstable explosives can be poured directly into the dirt http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3813&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3835&source=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:35:30 -0400 TRIA mandates that the U.S. government provide commercial insurers up to $100 billion in reinsurance capacity for claims arising from terrorist events; the program is set to expire in December, but is likely to be made permanent and expanded http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3835&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3858&source=rss Wed, 02 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Without national performance standards and field validation, Association of Public Health Laboratories says the risks of false positives and false negatives are too high http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3858&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3872&source=rss Fri, 04 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Remote sensing robots often struggle to communicate with their handlers; $200K grant will go to buy critical equipment, train graduate students http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3872&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3899&source=rss Tue, 08 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Environmental Measurements Laboratory will stay in lower Manhattan, but long-term prognosis is grim http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3899&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3915&source=rss Thu, 10 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Unlike previous efforts, protein-based agents shield cells from damage before and after exposure http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3915&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3963&source=rss Thu, 17 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Tiny polymer spheres are melted into a shimmery sheet; technology could have appplications in food safety and anti-counterfeiting efforts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3963&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3990&source=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 zNose offers dual technology at its best -- equally useful for homeland securty and law enforcement and for environemental protection; the company makes another score in China http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=3990&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4003&source=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Detection of chemical, biological, and nuclear contaminzation is big business, and one of the more innovative players in the field enhances its chemical large-facility detector by adding nuclear detection capabilities http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4003&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4005&source=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 As worries about the use of chemicals in warfare and terrorist acts grow, both soldiers and first responders would welciome a versatile detection system which weighs only three pounds http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4005&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4011&source=rss Tue, 29 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 ICx puts its explosives detection system to the test; Boston, Los Angeles, and others host http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4011&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4029&source=rss Tue, 29 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 ICx puts its explosives detection system to the test; Boston, Los Angeles, and others host http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4029&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4046&source=rss Wed, 30 May 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Manufactured from nanofibrils, the material repeatedly recovered its ability to fluoresce after exposure to explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4046&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4047&source=rss Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Tests begin on ICx's PaxPoint machine, but Sellex International presses hard with its Sencion alternative http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4047&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4074&source=rss Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 MiniRAE 3000 and ppbRAE 3000 rely on photoionization to detect the release of hydrocarbon-based chemicals http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4074&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4078&source=rss Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 U.S. to help Russia install radiation detection systems in all of Russia's official international border crossings, including airports, seaports, railways, and land crossings http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4078&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4090&source=rss Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Following a 2006 agreement between Russia and the U.S., Russia is implementing a tighter control and monitoring of nuclear facilities; still, Russian authorities are worried http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4090&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4094&source=rss Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 The company's propietary Automated Trace Extraction (ATE) uses air jetting, pressurization, and at times even vibration and heating to enhance detection http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4094&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4111&source=rss Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 MIT researchers synthesized a molecule based on zinc to allow the detection not only of RDX, but of RDX vapors, which are about 1,000 times more difficult to detect than TNT vapors http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4111&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4120&source=rss Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 To protect employees in the electricity and mobile-phone industries, the EU formulated regulations limiting exposure to radiation -- regulation which may have unintended consequences http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4120&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4163&source=rss Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Running for office: Hillary Clinton liquidates investements held in a blind trust, and Ehud Barak resigns from boards of homeland security companies http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4163&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4173&source=rss Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 In the run up to the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese authorities practice responses to various terrorist attacks http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4173&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4189&source=rss Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 A specialist in applying nanotechnolgy to detection of biological and chemical detction is set to acquire a specialist in passive detection technology http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4189&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4200&source=rss Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 You would think that with problems such as North Korea, Iran, and securing nuclear materials in the former USSR, the IAEA would be given the means to make the world safer; think again http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4200&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4206&source=rss Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DoE's Office of Nuclear Energy awards grants to graduate students for research into closing the nuclear fuel cycle and recycling components of used nuclear reactor fuel http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4206&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4296&source=rss Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Sting operation proves that a fake company could obtain a license to buy enough radioactive material to build a dirty bomb http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4296&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4299&source=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Carnegie Mellon researchers develop water-striding robot; equipped with wireless communication and sensors, these robots could monitor sprawling water systems for contamination http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4299&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4302&source=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Indian cabinet was yesterday supposued to ratify India's participation in CSI; cabinet delays decision pending U.S. clarification on tying CSI to non-priliferation pact http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4302&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4325&source=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Hundreds evacuated from several villages as a 35 square miles area is covered by toxic phosphorous leaking from a derailed train http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4325&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4406&source=rss Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Sandia physicists have an idea: Scan freight containers for radiation not at the port, but at sea: "You've got days on the ocean, and you only get minutes in the port," says one of them http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4406&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4407&source=rss Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Peroxide-based explosives are easy to make and hard to detect; more and more terrorist organizations are using them, including in IEDs; U.S. Army wants to improve its ability to tackle such explosives http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4407&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4453&source=rss Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 In January DHS awarded a grant to a specialist in nanoelectronic detection; the department liked the company's progress, and increased the amount of the grant http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4453&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4498&source=rss Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Italian researchers demonstrate the exploits of a mechanical, insect-look-alike robot, capable of sniffing out mercury and other pollutants http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4498&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4503&source=rss Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 MobileTrace, developed with funding support from the Joint IED Defeat Organization, detects both explosives and narcotics http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4503&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4573&source=rss Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:35:30 -0400 RAE Systems develops good chemical and radiation detectors for industry and homeland security; it tried its hand in the DVR market, and did not enjoy much success; now it is going back to what it is good at http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4573&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4639&source=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 South Carolina buys 300 GammaRAE II from RAE Systems; the portable detector provides prompt detection of gamma-ray sources http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4639&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4662&source=rss Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DHS awards Bruker $1.3 follow-on Phase III contract for the Autonomous Rapid Facility Chemical Agent Monitor project http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4662&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4695&source=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Smiths and GE thought that bringing their considerable detection know-how and assets together in a JV would create a mighty player in homeland security; but Smiths's detection unit has been doing very well on its own, so the rationale for a JV was no longer as compelling http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4695&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4706&source=rss Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Smiths and GE thought that bringing their considerable detection know-how and assets together in a JV would create a mighty player in homeland security; but Smiths's detection unit has been doing very well on its own, so the rationale for a JV was no longer as compelling http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4706&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4718&source=rss Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 One-third of the current U.S. nuclear workforce will reach retirement in the next ten years; DHS joins with NSF to foster the training of the next generation of nuclear workers http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4718&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4724&source=rss Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:35:30 -0400 The Academic Research Initiative, a new DHS-NSF project, give a UC Berekeley scientists $1.4 million to develop new methods for screening for nuclear materials http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4724&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4769&source=rss Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 After the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines with liquid explosives was uncovered in London in August 2006, pressure has grown to find new ways to detect liquids in baggage and on airline passengers and figure out what they are http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4769&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4773&source=rss Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DHS wants a tehcnology which will be able to detect radiation from a distance -- and determine the direction, flux, energy, and isotope of the detected radiation; three companies win the Stand-Off Radiation Detector System (SORDS) demonstration contracts http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4773&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4779&source=rss Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Venerable Thai restaurant prepares extra-hot bird’s eye chillies as part of a six-month batch of nam prik pao; acrid smoke from the kitchen spreads through the Soho neighborhood, causing people to flee and emergency units to be dispatched http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4779&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4781&source=rss Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 DARPA hopes cyborg insects with embedded microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) will run remotely controlled reconnaissance missions for the military and law enforcement http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4781&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4795&source=rss Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 On the TSA's shopping list: Advanced technology (AT) X-ray, automated explosives detection (auto-EDS) for security checkpoints, bottled liquid scanners, passive millimeter wave, and a cast/prosthetics screening device http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4795&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4804&source=rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 As interest in nuclear power is revived, more application for building reactors come in -- after a lull of more than two decades nearly; the NRC wants the public to comment on reactor oversight http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4804&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4813&source=rss Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 Six decades ago the U.S. seriously considered including radiological weapons ("dirty bombs") in its arsenal; Syria and Iran are doing so today; U.S. should have a dirty-bomb nonproliferation policy http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4813&source=rss http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=4883&source=rss Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:35:30 -0400 CalTech's Lewis Group researchers develop an electronic nose; it functions much as the ma