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Clear Lanes Are No Longer Available Xenics Launch Raven-FLU
At 2300 (Pacific Standard Time) on 22nd June 2009, Clear ceased As governments attempt to control swine flu virus, quick and effective
operations. Clear’s parent company, Verified Identity Pass, Inc., was ways of measuring body temperature and alerting border control of
unable to negotiate an agreement with its senior creditor to continue potentially infectious passengers are sought. Easily installed and operated
operations. On the company’s website, it states that, “Verified Ide at airports and stations, the Xenics Raven-FLU solution utilises an
uncooled microbolometer infrared camera, measuring from a safe
Haifa Technion Facilitates Bomb Detection distance, and in real time, crucial differences in body temperature at an
accuracy of up to 0.2°C.
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have Raven-FLU detects the heat emitted from the human skin producing a
discovered six new polymorphic crystalline structures of triacetone- temperature map. The result is a colour image whose various colour
triperoxide (TATP), the easy-to-make but difficult-to-detect explosive. The contours represent temperature gradients. To enable reliable
findings, which were published in ACS Crystal Growth & Design, will make measurements, the Raven-FLU requires only minimal set up and
it easier to detect TATP, even when it is concealed. examination time. It can be flexibly operated on a tripod or installed for
TATP was previously believed to have just one crystalline form. permanent use. Xenics recommends the body temperature to be checked
However, using methods that include X-ray crystallography (which reveals at the corner of an individual's eye, where the temperature approaches the
the arrangement of atoms within a crystal), Professor Ehud Keinan of the core body temperature. The examination takes no longer than a fraction of
Technion Faculty of Chemistry and colleagues have found the explosive a second. Setup and operator training can be achieved in less than one
can form at least six different types of crystals, depending on the hour before being fully operational.
conditions during its synthesis and crystallisation. The discovery of new Even the systematic screening of a crowd is feasible via the Raven's
forms of the explosive will now make it easier to identify using X-ray and high-definition image. Automatic alerts can be triggered by adjustable
other techniques. thresholds preferably set at 1°C above average temperature, with visual
Professor Keinan’s team at the Technion previously developed a device and/or audible alarms. Operation of the Raven-FLU is discrete as at a
for identifying traces of TATP and other peroxide-based explosives. The 50Hz frame rate there is no hampering of pedestrian flow.
Peroxide Explosive Tester (PET), which resembles a three-color ballpoint
pen, changes colour when it has been in contact with explosive samples.
Keinan commented that, “One way to detect certain kinds of explosives is
a method called X-ray powder diffraction. Each of these crystals has its
own distinct structure, and identifying six, and very possibly more of these
polymorphs, is a big step toward more reliable TATP detection.”
AS&E Receives $25m Order for Z Portal
and OmniView Systems
American Science and Engineering, Inc. has announced that it has received
a $25 million follow-on order for a Middle East client for multiple Z Portal®
cargo and vehicle screening systems and OmniView™ Gantry cargo
Mauritius Port Invests in IndigoVision
inspection system to protect critical infrastructure in the region. AS&E’s Z IP-CCTV
Portal and OmniView systems will scan vehicles and trucks entering a high-
risk facility in the Middle East for explosive threats and contraband. Port Louis, the capital and main port of Mauritius, has invested in
IndigoVision’s integrated IP Video solution for a new harbour-wide
Datacard Behind Montenegro’s
surveillance system. The flexibility and distributed nature of the system allows
ID Programme
a number of different agencies to monitor their own operations within the port.
Based in a new central control room and a number of sub-control rooms the
Datacard Group has announced that the Datacard® MX6000™ card Mauritius Police Force, National Coast Guard, Customs and the Mauritius
issuance system, the Datacard® PB6500™ passport issuance system Port Authority (MPA), can access live and recorded video from the many
and an extensive IT suite have been chosen as part of a complete solution cameras located inside and outside of the port buildings.
to enrol, adjudicate and personalise Montenegro’s national identification With some cameras located over 2.5 miles away and a number being
and travel credentials. connected via wireless networks the video compression used was very
The e-passport design utilises an electronic chip embedded into the important. IndigoVision’s compression technology allows DVD-quality,
polycarbonate data page which makes it fully interoperable and in 25fps, video to be streamed with minimum bandwidth requirement and
compliance with ICAO 9303 requirements. The passport, national ID card latency. This enables PTZ cameras to be controlled smoothly over large
and driver’s license are also laser engraved, making them highly resistant distances and wireless networks to be easily deployed.
to fraud and counterfeiting. Each camera is continuously recorded at full frame rate for 1 month
Since rollout, more than 93,000 passports, 152,000 national ID cards on 8 IndigoVision Network Video Recorders (NVRs), with a total storage
and nearly 70,000 driver’s licenses have been issued. of 16TB.
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