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Robot Market Expands for Homeland Security and First Responders Technological, logistical, political, and market forces have brought mobile robotics to the point where robots are useful to every arm of the first responder and homeland security services, according to a new report by WinterGreen Research. Growth is coming as border patrols and law enforcement agencies use robots to achieve broader security less expensively. WinterGreen expects the cost of robots to decrease rapidly in the next year, creating a much larger market. Still, it is a challenge for vendors to find applications where robots can be used every day around the clock, such as at airports and border patrol crossing points, where there is continuous need to sniff for explosives.
Google Maps Help Disaster Relief (Newsweek) Before-and-after satellite photos distributed via Google Maps show “roadways that are now inaccessible and bridges that are uncrossable,” and “this satellite imagery is actually being used in rescue and recovery efforts,” reports Newsweek. Google’s “Lat Long Blog says it ‘received numerous requests from relief organizations and our users to share recent satellite imagery of the country.’ … the vast amount of satellite imagery also represents a huge potential for tracking and understanding urban changes in non-disaster situations.”
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