physical security

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Detecting threats beyond the limits of human, sensor sight

July 20, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Remember what it’s like to twirl a sparkler on a summer night? Hold it still and the fire crackles and sparks but twirl it around and the light blurs into a line tracing each whirl and jag you make. A new patented software system developed at Sandia...

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: computer vison, drones, object detection, physical security, remote sensing, security cameras

Sandia adds augmented reality to training toolbox

February 6, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When you hear the term “serious gaming” you might envision professional eSports competitors gearing up for a League of Legends World Championship in front of tens of thousands of live fans and tens of millions of streaming fans. At Sandia National Laboratories, serious gaming means something else...

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: augmented reality, global security, international atomic energy agency, international training course, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, physical security, training

Tam Le and Todd Noel use augmented reality

Chinese nuclear security center opens with help from Sandia Labs

March 24, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon, Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Jill Hruby and other experts and international guests joined with leaders of China on March 18 to commission the Chinese Center of Excellence (COE)...

Categories: Nonproliferation, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: China, Chinese, DTRA, Moniz, nuclear, physical security, security

New fog chamber provides testing options that could improve security cameras

June 17, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fog can play a key role in cloaking military invasions and retreats and the actions of intruders. That’s why physical security experts seek to overcome fog, but it’s difficult to field test security cameras, sensors or other equipment in fog that is often either too thick or...

Categories: Homeland security, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory, atmospheric, fog, fog chamber, optical, optics, physical security, security cameras