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Happy Halloween! : 2011

Happy Halloween!

 

 

Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say,

When all souls come back from the far away-

The dead, forgotten this many a day!

~Virna Sheard

 

Halloween has been celebrated far longer than most other holidays that we continue to celebrate today and has origins in and has taken influences from many different cultures over the centuries. The Halloween that is most commonly celebrated today takes pieces from All Saints Day, Pomona’s Day, the festival of Samhain and quite a few icons from the Day of the Dead.

 

Basically they all revolve around the same principles – summer has ended, the harvests are done and it’s time to celebrate and remember ancestors long gone.

 

Initially “trick or treating” started with poor folks begging for food and given “soul cakes;” over time the children took up the begging, going door to door and receiving food and money.

 

 

A gypsy fire is on the hearth, Sign of the carnival of mirth; Through the dun fields and from the glade Flash merry folk in masquerade, For this is Hallowe'en!

~Author Unknown

 

Be safe and have a wonderful Halloween!

 

~ The WTI Team

 

 

 

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Cool New Tech: Flexible OLEDs

 

The researchers at UCLA have created the very first actual working stretchable OLED display. The major struggle they had with creating this technology was figuring out how to maintain conductivity while the panel is being flexed and stretched. The end-product of their intensive research uses two layers of carbon nanotube electrodes with a layer of plastic in the middle, fused together, which continued to display even when stretched as much as 45% from its standard configuration.

 

 

~ K. McMillan-Ralph, Graphics & Marketing Manager

 

 

 

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Social Media and Biometrics Make Undercover Work Impossible

 

Social media has been on the rise for years and is now a staple of most people’s daily internet usage. Since pretty much everyone now-a-days uses social media for connecting with people and sharing photos – odds are good that there are multiple photos floating around of almost everyone on the internet whether that person uploaded them there or someone else did.

 

Now, social media coupled with biometrics could spell trouble for undercover police activities. For people whose livelihood truly depends on their anonymity social media and biometrics are making undercover operations no longer an option.

 

 

There are plenty of apps on the market that use biometrics to easily identify people based on their internet photos. Anyone can easily and cheaply pick up rudimentary biometric software for their computers and particularly for their smartphones. Police use these apps regularly to ID people on the street and mine social media for clues and help find suspects. The social media sites themselves use these apps to help you “tag” people in photos you upload. So if law enforcement is using these apps, doesn’t it make sense that criminals are too?

 

~ K. McMillan-Ralph, Graphics & Marketing Manager

 

 

 

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WTI (Wireless Technology, Inc.)

 

Video Surveillance Products Dedicated to the Broadcast, Global Security and Transportation Markets!

 

www.gotowti.com

 

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Cool New Tech: Next Generation Night Vision

 

 

The next generation of night vision goggles is coming straight from the U.S. military they are packed with such incredibly sensitive thermal sensors that you can see reflections and hand prints! The newest gear is known as Enhanced Night Vision Goggles and they combine the classic glowing green image with the latest thermal sensors. The goggles also shoot video and transmit it live back to whoever needs to see what the soldiers are seeing. The mini heads-up display inside the goggles shows the soldier pertinent information that they need – anything from maps, messages, locations, or footage from the rest of their squad.

 

 

~ K. McMillan-Ralph, Graphics & Marketing Manager

 

 

 

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WTI (Wireless Technology, Inc.)

 

Video Surveillance Products Dedicated to the Broadcast, Global Security and Transportation Markets!

 

www.gotowti.com

 

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New Product Release: WTI’s SWEH264 IP Video Encoder

 

The SWEH264 field hardened video encoder makes the transition from analog to digital easy!

 

 

The new SWEH264 H.264 video encoder from WTI is small in size but big on performance. Built with the latest open system architecture, WTI’s SWEH264 has been designed to integrate directly into existing systems and to work flawlessly with major third party CCTV software management systems. The SWEH264 makes it quick and easy to connect analog CCTV cameras to an Ethernet network. Plus, with its IP67 and NEMA TS-2 ratings you can be assured of having the best environmental protection and the best video performance on the market today.

 

The SWEH264 encoder provides connections for video input, two way P/T/Z data, power, and Ethernet output all in one Mil Spec connector. WTI’s new encoder is built to work in extreme environments and under extreme conditions providing both dual stream H.264 and MJPEG video compression options.

 

For more information on WTI’s complete line of wireless and CCTV products please visit our web site at www.gotowti.com or call toll free (866) gotowti (468-6984).

 

~ The WTI Team

 

 

 

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WTI (Wireless Technology, Inc.)

 

Video Surveillance Products Dedicated to the Broadcast, Global Security and Transportation Markets!

 

www.gotowti.com

 

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