Virtual/Augmented Reality

Video

NIST: Fabio da Silva showcases prototype solution to locate victims, first responders in buildings

Fabio da Silva, staff scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, describes the features of a prototype deployable solution that is being developed to help locate people–for example, firefighters or the people they are trying to save during an incident–inside of a building by using ultrawideband (UWB) radar transmitted from just outside […]

Video

Univ. of Memphis: Lan Wang explains how LiDAR-based 3D mapping could work for public safety

Lan Wang, chairwoman of the University of Memphis computer-science department, explains how LiDAR technology can be used to quickly build 3D maps of indoor locations that first responders can use to navigate unfamiliar facilities, even when visibility is impaired by smoke. Wang spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson last week during the […]

Audio

PSCR: Dereck Orr previews annual stakeholder meeting July 9-11 in Chicago

Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), highlights some of the notable keynotes, educations and technology demonstrations that will be part of the 11th annual Broadband Stakeholder Meeting. This year’s event will be conducted July 9-11 in Chicago.

News

Newscan: Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods San Francisco teams with Uber, location tracker on 911 call responses Californa bill would stop data throttling during emergencies Denver cops launch sticky GPS trackers in pilot program CLTC wants return of raided 911 funds, infrastructure money in Guam FirstNet on […]

News

Newscan: Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’ How French firefighters used drones to tackle the Notre Dame blaze Craftsmen built Notre Dame eight centuries ago. Now it may be up to robots to save it A Chinese company develops firefighting drone […]

Video

ITEC: Walt Magnussen recaps highlights of Winter Institute, outlines future plans for event

Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), provides an overview of this week’s Winter Institute, which provides a real-world environment for first responders to “experiment” with cutting-edge communications in a real-world disaster-response scenario, and outlines goals for next January’s event. The Winter Institute is conducted at the Disaster […]

Video

Hydronalix: Jaime Lara, Ron Cipriani demonstrate capabilities of EMILY water drone

Jaime Lara, an electrical engineer at Hydronalix, describes the functionality within the company’s Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, or EMILY, which is being piloted by Ron Cipriani, EMILY production manager. EMILY can be outfitted with a host of radio technologies and sensors to provide first responders with key data points to aid a response effort […]

News

AT&T CEO says FirstNet build is one-third completed, will help 5G push and increase network capacity by 50% by end of 2019

AT&T is six months ahead of its contracted schedule to deploy the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, and the public-safety initiative will result in increasing the capacity of its network by 50% by the end of 2019 and preparing the carrier for a smooth migration to 5G, according to AT&T CEO Randall […]

Video

Verizon: Arvin Singh outlines strategy for public safety, smart cities

Arvin Singh, Verizon’s head of public-sector strategy, outlines the carrier’s initiatives in the public-safety, smart-cities and 5G arenas. Singh spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson this week during IWCE’s Critical LTE Communication Forum in Chicago.

Virtual/Augmented Reality

Video

NIST: Fabio da Silva showcases prototype solution to locate victims, first responders in buildings

Video

Univ. of Memphis: Lan Wang explains how LiDAR-based 3D mapping could work for public safety

Audio

PSCR: Dereck Orr previews annual stakeholder meeting July 9-11 in Chicago

News

Newscan: Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods

News

Newscan: Firefighters had a secret weapon when Notre Dame caught fire: A robot named ‘Colossus’

Video

ITEC: Walt Magnussen recaps highlights of Winter Institute, outlines future plans for event

Video

Hydronalix: Jaime Lara, Ron Cipriani demonstrate capabilities of EMILY water drone

News

AT&T CEO says FirstNet build is one-third completed, will help 5G push and increase network capacity by 50% by end of 2019

Video

Verizon: Arvin Singh outlines strategy for public safety, smart cities

Commentary

Proposed three-digit suicide-prevention ‘Lifeline’ would benefit public-safety communications

The importance of commercial broadcast radio to public safety

FirstNet Authority standards director recaps June 3GPP Plenary Meetings in Newport Beach, Calif.

Events

UC Ezines

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