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Satellite tracking in police vans - Delhi
Seeking to
go hi-tech, Delhi Police is all set to introduce the Global Positioning
System (GPS) and computers in the mobile Police Control Room (PCR)
vehicles to help keep a check on criminal activities in the Capital.
The GPS is expected to be introduced within two months, Joint Commissioner
of Police (Operations), A.S. Khan said. The GPS can position
automatically each of PCR vans and display it on the screen in he
central police control room and is extremely useful in operational
requirements like hot pursuit of a criminal, Khan said. Fitting in
each PCR van, the computer will have an online uplinking with he crime
record office of Delhi Police and through that with the Polnet, Khan said.
Scratch pads on PCRs are also proposed replacing the use of keyboads used
by telephone operators writing messages to wireless operators. “Time now taken in writing a message and then carrying it manually to
the wireless operator will be saved,” Khan said.
The Indian
Express – 23.1.2003
Satellite-tracking device installed in
minister’s car
Satyen Mohapatra, New Delhi, Jan.30.
The car of the Minister of State
for Science and Technology, Government of India, has just undergone a
technological upgrade. It was rigged with a satellite-based
“automobile navigational aid”. Translation: the system consists
of a palmtop computer and a global positioning system (GPS) unit which
connects the jig to 24 GPS satellites. The car’s movement can be
tracked on digital maps on the palmtop. The system costs about
Rupees one lakh.
Hindustan Times –
31.1.2003
Rupees 100 crore for
hi-tech security at Parliament
To tighten
Parliament security, about Rupees 100 crores is expected to be spent on a
hi-tech security system to be installed at Parliament House. A
proposal to use laser-sensitive identity cards and vehicle number plates
is also under consideration. Special devices are expected to be put
in place at the outer gates of Parliament. The proposed three-tier
system will include an upgraded closed-circuit television network covering
the entire premises, and jammers at selected places, according to the
sources. Mobile phones, pagers and other electronic equipment are not
allowed inside Parliament House except by the MPs.
The Asian
Age - 20.1.2003
Government plans cyberpatrol –India
Naika Kumar – New Delhi – Jan.30 – To
counter cyberterror threats, the government plans to get cracking by April
a Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team (CERT), which will serve as a
nodal agency for tracking cyber-crimes across the country and
digging their originals. The CERT will look at the vulnerability of
government electronic systems – e-governance, e-learning and e-security
– to threats from hackers and denial of service rights through cyber
techniques. The Prime Minister’s Office has already created five
committees to go into various security issues. Ground rules are
being fixed for cybercafes so that a check can be kept on users and to
track them down in the event of mischief.
The Indian Express –
31.1.2003
Mobiles Take Charge
An
innovation from this year’s Tech Pioneers should make it easier to
provide uninterrupted power to cell phones and personal digital
assistance. Robert K. Lifton, the 74-year old American, Chairman and
CEO of New York-based Medis Technologies, is using military technology and
a team of Russian-Israeli scientists to develop a mobile power unit that
uses micro fuel cells, powered by ethyl alcohol, to recharge conventional
mobile batteries. Medis’ Power Pack allows a user to
operate the cell phone while simultaneously recharging a depleted battery.
Lifton says he expects the Power Pack to cost no more than $15 to $20,
with each refill costing $1. Plans are to get the Power Packs in
stores no later than 2004.
TIME – December 23, 2002
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