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January 31, 2006
Homeland Security will use 3-D technology at Super Bowl
The Homeland Security Department will use 3-D holograms that can reveal shadows, angles, depths and details unseen by conventional imaging to protect the people in and around this weekend's Super Bowl in Detroit. The company providing the technology announced the plans in a press release.
The surveillance effort is likely to include:
- scanning undersides of vehicles for suspicious objects
- face-in-the-crowd recognition and feature-matching
- underwater Detroit River monitoring
- monitoring of street-level festivities
- classified methods of searching for and detecting potential threats
The techonology, LifeVision3D, comes from Intrepid Defense & Security Systems of Birmingham, Michigan. This will be the first public use of the new technology, the company said.
Posted by Kathleen Miller at January 31, 2006 11:52 AM
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