Security ideas and trends

February 19, 2010

Smart Check-In Enables Guests To Bypass Hotel Front Desk

By Aziz Ali

A new kind of RFID key card lets hotel guests to skip the front desk and head directly to their rooms.

February 18, 2010

Napper Helps Promote Sleep On Public Transportation

By Dan Gould

Designer Simone Wittmann has created a concept design aimed at helping travelers get rest on public transportation.

February 17, 2010

Please Rob Me: The Dangers Of Location Based Services

By Dan Gould

Aiming to highlight the potential dangers of location-based services, website “Please Rob Me” features a running list of Twitter users declaring they’re not home.

January 29, 2010

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles To Be Used For Surveillance In The UK

By Kyle Studstill

The Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates UK airspace, plans to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as part of a new security program.

January 26, 2010

BookBook: A Novel Way To Cover A MacBook

By Kyana Gordon

BookBook is a one-of-a-kind, handmade laptop case designed exclusively for MacBook and MacBook Pro.

October 14, 2009

Länsförsäkringar: Swedish Insurance Company Promotes Stylish Fire Protection

By Ebba Akerman

Swedish Insurance company Länsförsäkringar encourage people to be cautious with fire extinguishers in black and white and easily installed optical fire alarms.

September 22, 2009

BioWallet Beta: Biometric Phone Security

By Dan Gould

Taking mobile phone security to the next level, BioWallet Beta uses iris scanning and signature recognition as the keys to access devices.

September 3, 2009

HighlightCam: Low-Cost Surveillance

By Jim Moscater

HighlightCam is an online service that enables you to set up a web cam for any sort of personal use- and automatically monitors the video each hour, putting together a short highlight reel that shows the most active portions of the accumulated footage.