U.S. Navy test report shows RuBee Auto-ID wireless tags, handhelds and base stations have a zero safe separation distance (SSD) on HERO SAFE and HERO UNSAFE ordnance. More>>

Improved noncontact electrodes and noninvasive hybrid biosensors enable fast, reliable readings of hearts and brains, without requiring contact with the skin.More>>

It's a fact that, in the chaos of the battlefield (and especially in confused urban warfare situations), people die from so-called friendly fire. Adapting a MEMS technology developed for use in gas sensors, ICx Ion Optics has created IR emitters tuned to night-vision wavelengths.More>>

Firefighters and HazMat workers have a very tough job. They're frequently in heavy gear, in unfriendly atmospheres, and working hard. Unfortunately, this combination of equipment, environment, and job stress means that frequently they're operating at the limits of human endurance.More>>

The demand for sensitive, low-power, low-cost gas sensors that respond quickly to appropriate stimuli is growing. Macro scale components and conventional manufacturing techniques cannot provide sensors that deliver the detection levels and low-power operation increasingly required by today's...More>>

The U.S. Navy Super Hornets are being equipped with a new type of radar made by Raytheon. This technology is a departure from conventional radar in that there is no moving antenna.More>>

"Frangible bullets are designed to break into small bits when they strike a hard surface. This ammunition might appear counter-intuitive, but it is used by law enforcement personnel in areas where ricochets could harm innocent bystanders.More>>

CNN correspondent Brent Sadler, who is on assignment in Afghanistan, tells of a close encounter with a sensor-rich Predator UAV, the U.S. military's most sophisticated killing machine in the war on terror."More>>

UPEK and Cogent Systems cooperate to provide solutions for government and commercial access control and portable identity management applications.More>>