CCTV
Web camera Incorporates a Web server Allows more than 100 users to view a video scene simultaneously anywhere in the world using a standard Web browser....
Looking for faces in the Super Bowl crowd
JEANNE BONNER
The Super Bowl presented an incredible technical challenge. The project included two other venues in addition to the Super Bowl: the NFL experience and...
Video games
CHARLIE R. PIERCE
Over the past 15 years, we have been invaded from every direction by new manufacturers of CCTV equipment. This invasion has followed the trends of the...
A wealth of history is secure at Brown University
DON GARBERA
Colleges and universities with long histories - such as Brown University in Providence, R.I. - often possess an aura of timelessness, as if they have...
The evolution of wireless
By George Partington
As connected, internetworked computers become the heart of the enterprise, information security is critical. Traditionally, the information has traveled...
What you need to know about fiber optics
CHARLIE R. PIERCE
If you have never worked with fiber optics or have not looked into fiber optics in the past couple of years, then you are in for some pleasant surprises....
CCTV
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Web-server cameras Browser-based viewing and control Can transmit high-quality color digital images over networks, intranet or the Internet at resolutions...
Rapid results
CAROL CAREY
CCTV cameras succeed quickly to deter graffiti on San Francisco's transit trains.It has been said that San Francisco is the most political city in the...
Ensuring safety, preventing loss at Kozmo.com
DON GARBERA
Internet company uses security systems to protect personnel and distribution centers.Since its launch in 1997, Kozmo.com (www.kozmo.com), headquartered...
A landmark on the rebound
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
Parking garage in St. Louis - near the center of action - is facing up to its security needs.The Mansion House Parking Garage was built back in the early...
CCTV
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Monitor For industrial/commercial applicationsFeatures: 800 lines of resolution, over/under scan switch, dual video inputs with selectable composite and...
CCTV
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Camera Day/night plug-and-play Infrared illumination is automatically activated to provide high-signal pictures out to 100 feet.Features: DC or AC operation,...
Transmission of video: How to choose among the options
CHARLIE R. PIERCE
With all the changes in cameras, multiplexers, digital management systems and other equipment in the CCTV industry, the various methods of transmitting...
Flashback ... flash forward
CHARLIE R. PIERCE
A look at CCTV developments in the last five years ... and what to expect in the next fiveAs we approach the new millennium, it may prove enlightening...
Making it safe for the New Yorker hotel
DON GARBERA
The Roaring Twenties were prosperous years for New York City. Strong financial stability brought a building boom that shaped much of the city's Art Deco...
No escape from Cell Block One
DON GARBERA
Prisons in Connecticut use modern equipment to ensure maximum security.Northern Correctional Institution is a level 5 maximum security prison - the highest...
Reports from the video age
Larry Anderson
If Big Brother is a television star, then the video age must surely have been fully realized at last.There are other indicators suggesting an even greater...
What can be done with CCTV ...and what cannot be done
CHARLIE PIERCE
It should be easy to write about what can and cannot be done with CCTV. However, as it turns out, it is not such an easy subject, and it must be treated...
Douglas Florence: Changing the face of surveillance at The Mirage Hotel and Casino
CAREY ADAMS
Douglas Florence has a knack for catching thieves in the retail and gaming industry. Florence, the director of surveillance for The Mirage Hotel and Casino...
Application rules: How to choose a system to match your needs
CHARLIE R. PIERCE
As I travel around the world talking about the use and application of CCTV systems, I hear a recurring theme: "How do I know what equipment to use?" ......
Technology protects the world's fair in Hannover
AC&SSI STAFF
The Great Exhibition of 1851, held in London, was the first World's Fair, setting a tradition that is still going strong today. That first event had 13,000...
The steps of designing for digital
Charlie R. Pierce
The average security director or CCTV design person will face many challenges when making the digital plunge. Changes within our industry suggest a need...
Big returns for IRS via surveillance upgrade
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
Most of us only think about the Internal Revenue Service around April 15. And once we toss those completed tax returns into a mailbox, they're out of...
Think outside the (black) box
Charlie R. Pierce
Even without making a total transition to digital CCTV, there are several black box enhancement tools you can incorporate into your existing system. This...
Air safety
Carey Adams
EgyptAir Flight 990 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket Island on Oct. 31, 1999, killing all 217 on board. The cause of the crash has yet to...
