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NYU Wireless: Marco Mezzavilla outlines public-safety benefits of 60 GHz comms, particularly with drones

  Marco Mezzavilla, a research scientist at New York University (NYU) Wireless, explains how public-safety agencies could leverage 60 GHz unlicensed spectrum to deliver multiple-gigabits-per-second data speeds. One primary use case would be to enable real-time video streaming from aerial drones over one-mile links that could support a daisy-chain architecture to increase the total effective […]

Rural Colorado sheriff’s department uses Samsung, Visual Labs, FirstNet to provide an affordable body-cam solution

Body-camera video has become an important—and sometimes expensive—tool for law-enforcement agencies in recent years, but a Colorado sheriff says he is leveraging Samsung smartphones, FirstNet connectivity and Visual Labs’ video platform to deliver an effective and affordable video solution for his rural department. Sheriff Tom Ridnour of Kit Carson County, Colo., said that some personnel […]

George Washington University: Chen Shen demonstrates application to optimize placement of mobile base stations

  Chen Shen, a student at George Washington University, explains and demonstrates how an algorithm-powered application could help locate mobile base stations–for example, cells on wheels (COWS) and aerial drones carrying LTE base stations–in a coordinated manner to maximize coverage for first responders operating in an area lacking normal terrestrial coverage. Shen and other members […]
Newscan: Axon won’t link police body cameras to facial-recognition technology

Newscan: Axon won’t link police body cameras to facial-recognition technology

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Axon won’t link police body cameras to facial-recognition technology Florida city pays almost $600,000 ransom to secure records ‘We need to up our game’—DHS cybersecurity director on Iran, ransomware AT&T suffers nationwide 911 service outage Dutch emergency services restored after major telecoms outage Another massive outage takes down […]

Exciting times: When it comes to innovation, there is a lot going on in the public-safety sector

A previous article examined the obstacles faced by those public-safety entities known as “early adopters” as they strive to bring forward technological and operational innovations intended to improve emergency-response outcomes, keep emergency responders safer and protect mission-critical assets. This article explores some of the innovations that were discussed during the Early Adopter Summit hosted last […]
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