Robot Border Guards to Patrol Future Frontiers


Robot Border Guards to Patrol Future Frontiers -- Paul Marks  -- New Scientist  -- January 8, 2009
Surveillance Technology

The US Department of Homeland Security is fielding sensors on the border with Mexico in an $8 billion project called the Secure Border Initiative network. It will use a range of surveillance tools including remote-controlled optical and infrared cameras, ground surveillance radar and acoustic and vibration sensors to detect humans, bug-eyed robots with human-sensing radar, and magnetic sensors to detect vehicle movements and weapons.

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