Homeland Security's Tech Wonders 138
Lucas123 writes "The multi-billion dollar budget of the Department of Homeland Security has spawned a myriad of new, whiz-bang technology that includes things like keychain-size, remote-controlled aerial vehicles designed to collect and transmit data for military and homeland security uses. It also includes infrared cameras that capture license plate images to match them in milliseconds to police records. "Seventy percent of all criminal activity can be tied to a vehicle," says Mark Windover, president of Remington ELSAG Law Enforcement Systems, which is marketing its product to 250 U.S. police agencies."
Re: "a myriad" eh? (Score:4, Informative)
http://m-w.com/dictionary/myriad [m-w.com] (Definition of myriad from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
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