So it’s a sign of the increasing flexibility of burglar alarms and a greater use of wireless - a step in the right direction. The BT Safehome system uses GSM to connect movement and door sensors and personal panic buttons to a 24-hour manned call...
NetSec will be take the raw feed from the intrusion detection sensors and firewall logs, analyse the data and then go back to Reuters with custom reports and details of any unusual events or alarms that need attention.
More sophisticated solutions may require environmental or component monitoring with sensors for heat, sound, stress etc, and others may require awareness or detection of periodic events, such as opening or closing of doors or gates.
Today's sensor networks monitor field conditions - a network of tiny sensors can monitor weather conditions, temperature and sunlight levels in a vineyard and build up detailed records of every factor that could impede a grape's growth.
Written at London Heathrow airport and dispatched to silicon.com from a hotel in Nice, France, via a free wi-fi service offering serious bandwidth Not so long ago all we had was the telephone, radio and TV.
Using the information gathered by the sensors, fuzzy logic will be able to distinguish between things such as the sound of someone falling over or a door slamming, therefore reducing the number of false alarms.
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