The differences between 'contactless' proximity credential formats are significant, yet the details are not well understood. Most access designers and users are familiar with 'Prox', but replacing them with 'iClass' has no real benefit...
Everyone wants an "open" access platform, yet no one delivers... or do they? One of the biggest names in access control is one most end-users rarely hear mentioned but widely used.
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Ford Motor, in collaboration with a company called Intermotive, has developed a new feature for its Interceptor police cars. The rear camera, normally only when when backing up, can now detect when a person is approaching the vehicle from the rear.
via Pocket http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/20/4540110/new-ford-surveillance-mode-protects-police-when-their-car-is
With megapixel now mainstream, surveillance systems need to deal with unprecedented loads of live video display and recorded storage. One emerging technique for VMSes to handle this is using multistreaming. However, VMS manufacturer's implementation of multistreaming varies significantly.
via Pocket http://ipvm.com/report/vms_multistreaming_comparison