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Human Recognition Systems partners with Thales to deliver the INSTINCT-TD2 Airport Security Programme

The INSTINCT-TD2 project is a government initiative to discover, trial and showcase emergent airport security technologies, solutions and ideas. Human Recognition Systems is partnering with Thales to deliver the INSTINCT-Technology Demonstrator 2 (TD2) Airport Security Programme.

The INSTINCT (Innovative Science and Technology IN Counter-Terrorism) Programme is the overarching government initiative, led by a cross-government team anchored within the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) in the Home Office.)

The TD2 Airport Security project begins with an awareness and outreach programme, leading to a selection process to ensure sufficient applicability and maturity of proposed technologies, solutions or ideas. It is anticipated that between 20 and 30 submissions will be taken to trial, and that these, along with up to 20 other non-trialled submissions of particular interest will be showcased to Government, aviation industry and security experts early in December. A fi... [ more ]

Hikvision mobile surveillance solution deployed on 3,600 buses in Ningbo, China

The Ningbo City Bus mobile surveillance project, one of the largest transportation installations in China, covers more than 3,600 buses belonging to 14 transportation companies in Ningbo city.

The Ningbo Transportation Department faced many of the common problems with security on their buses. They needed to protect their assets and provide for the safety and security of passengers and drivers. Their security system needed to provide evidence in the event of theft or injury, help to settle disputes between passengers and staff.

The surveillance system had to support high quality video playback and store video data going back 2 weeks. Anti-shock technology would be adopted as well to ensure normal function of the mobile surveillance system when the bus is in motion. Hikvision created a high-quality mobile solution which consisted of the DS-8004HMF-B mobile DVR, the DS-1002HM-S mobile DVR backup device and the DS-2CC512P color dome camera to meet these requirements.

In this mobi... [ more ]