Innovations in the field of Safety and Security
Innovation in Home Security
We almost live in a world, which is completely filled up with robbery and law-breaking. We can’t leave home on to a trip or even to have a sound sleep considering the above threats. According to statistics, homes without alarm systems are three times more likely to be broken into than those that do, which necessitates a home security system.
The home security alarm systems these days are more sophisticated and highly marched ones. Home systems are equipped to find fire, burglar and any invasion. The sophistication of home security alarm systems reaches from noisemakers to a more composite systems. There have been many products by many companies, one of the most significant competitors being Honeywell Security and Custom Electronics. The product consists of control panel connected to telephone line, keypad with video monitoring, magnetic contacts, Passive infra red motion detectors, sound sensors, Smoke detectors and wireless keypad.
The control panel has various interlinked detectors and control units. When an unauthorized entry is observed, the home scheme directs a signaling to the local law enforcement federal agency. In some causes like fire, the security alarm scheme will then spark off an alarm to advise the residents and then dials the local fire department. Keypads with video monitors are usually located near the entrances where the resident can view the person and speak to the person at the door step before opening the door and also to enter the passwords to enter home from outside. Magnetic contacts are placed to safeguard windows and doors. A passive infrared motion detector (PIR) is an electronic security device that detects intruders by "sensing" motion or body heat in the area being protected. Speaking sensors are used to record people speaking, glass breaking, roof breaking and other intrusions. Wireless keypads are provided for the sophistication of the customers to control the component at a certain distance. Thus we can secure our valuables in our home and ourselves in a better manner.
Innovation in Automobile Security
Automobiles such as cars, trucks are our locomotives, which should be given equal importance to that of home. Since cars are almost left in parking and we move to our work, home so on, its always easy for the thieves to break in and move them away Protecting our vehicle as well as other valuables in car such as stereo etc. are all excellent reasons to invest in a car security system. The use of these car security systems not only protects our cars from theft but also to sophisticates the customers with various advantages.
There has been an innovative product Identisafe 09 introduced and just now in service by the company United linkers. This product gives 100% theft free solution by a finger print based Car security system. Finger print is one of the unique things that each and every individual possess, so this is used as a safety factor.
Identisafe 09 NXT works on the basis of biometric sensors. The product consists of sensors and their corresponding circuitry installed at dashboard and at doors. These serve for finger print door entry and finger print car ignition. The product also comes up with a wrist watch along with finger print sensors that has a wireless control of the car doors and car ignition. Auto dialer telephone serves as an added advantage, where if an unauthorized person attempt's to start the car or get access inside the car by placing his finger on the fingerprint scanner on the dashboard then the inbuilt dialer system automatically calls mobile phone number. This system has a memory capacity of up to 10 finger prints i.e. this product allows a maximum of ten users. This protection mode can be switched on or off using a deactivation code based on the users wish.
Airport Security:
Airports are the places where lots of people reach for travel, because of this specific reason airports become a focus on terrorist’s plots. Similarly, the high concentration of people on large airliners, the potential high lethality rate of attacks on aircraft, and the ability to use a hijacked airplane as a lethal weapon provide an alluring target for terrorism. So there is a necessity to insure safety of the passengers.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Security Administration (TSA) are working on these issues and have imposed strict security procedures at nation’s airport. There are various technologies that are now been implemented that had made a protective environment for the passengers. They are Advanced Technology Check Point X rays, Back Scatter, Biometrics, cast scope, Millimeter wave technology, Threat Image protection and whole body Imaging.
AT represents advanced x-ray technologies that will improve carry-on bag screening and enhance airline passenger security. This provides a clear, high-definition x-ray images that improve TSA security officers' ability to detect potential threat items. Rapiscan 620DV provides both a horizontal and vertical x-ray view of carry-on luggage. These two perpendicular views provide a complete perspective regardless of their orientation inside the system. Automated explosives detection software is also applied to scanned images. Backscatter will be able to detect non-metallic devices and objects, as well as weapons or other harmful objects that a passenger may be carrying on his or her person. Biometrics is used up for individual’s identification using finger print, iris scans. Millimeter Wave Technology, another form of body-imaging technology, uses non-ionizing electromagnetic waves to generate an image based on the energy reflected from the body. Threat image protection provides an enhanced method for the detection of explosives.
Personal Security:
There is always a need for personal security. We can’t be with our dear ones at all times, who can protect us from the external threats. Its always precautionary to know the self defense techniques. But we all cannot get to know those techniques, where today’s innovative technologies have paved a way to protect ourselves by certain products. These products are user friendly, had proved to serve its purpose. People can get these devices and can assure themselves of been secured.
There have been many innovative products in the field of self defense; J & L have come up with certain products that have proved to be better. They are Pepper sprays, stun guns, Personal alarms, Child safety products and Safety lights. Pepper Spray is the perfect self-defense weapon to repel attacks. In addition to causing an attacker pain, pepper spray swells the mucous membranes, which makes breathing difficult, and swells the veins in the eyes, causing the eyes to close. These effects last 20-30 minutes and cause no permanent damage. Pepper Spray is simple to use and easy to conceal.
A cell phone stun gun is a self-defense stun device designed to look like a cellular phone. The concept is simple, attacker or anyone else for that matter, will not be able to detect that the cell phone in our hand is actuality packs thousands of volts of knockdown power for instant self-defense . The non-lethal cell phone stun guns are small enough to fit in our pocket or purse and yet deliver the same results as a full size stun gun. These stun guns have a higher instant incapacitation rate than a 9mm handgun, and are legal to carry in most states. When seconds count, a cell phone stun gun can quickly be put into action and incapacitate an attacker so we can escape unharmed.
Internet Security
The Internet in general is wide open are for mischief. We have had problems with hackers breaking into some large organization, it’s absolutely common for viruses to take over personal machines and do bad things, although usually the bad thing is fairly innocuous. For instance sending out large emails to everyone on your contact list. As Bill Gates emphasis on Microsoft security says “Our products should emphasis security right out of the box”.
One of best solution in the market is McAfee Internet Security Suite with Site Advisor. It is a proactive 10-in-1 always-updating security bundle that protects and adds safety ratings to websites and search engines based on spam. It basically analyzes the results and rates websites in detail for unsafe practices such as spamming, misuse of personal information and browser hijacking. When searching with MSN, Google, Yahoo or Ask.com, Site Advisor provides easy-to understand safety rating by three different color coordinates like red (danger), yellow (use caution) or green (safe) that appear next to search results.
McAfee Internet Security Suite automatically guards the computer e-mails &, IM, downloads, photos, music, videos, important document, online banking and shopping, and privacy from viruses, mass-mailing worms, backdoor Trojans and more. It also automatically cleans or quarantines infections with minimal interruption to your computing. McAfee’s world-renowned Avert Labs researchers provide daily updates that deliver fast, immediate protection from the latest threats. Other built-in features include:
• McAfee System Guards watch for activity that may signal a virus, spyware or hacker is on your PC.
• Always active detection that watches key system, Windows, host file and browser settings for suspicious changes such as DNS poisoning or activity that can compromise anti-virus security (e.g., buffer overflow attacks).
• McAfee X-Ray for Windows removes dangerous root-kits and other malware that can hide deep in your operating system.
PC World Magazine named McAfee Site Advisor 15th on their list of the top 100 products of 2007.