Author: Bob Mesnik

Benefits of Visitor Management Systems

Automated Visitor Management Systems make verifying, registering, and controlling visitors easy. 

Visitor Management System
Visitor Management System

A Visitor Management System (VMS) offers various benefits for schools, businesses, and other organizations in efficiently managing and tracking visitors. It augments the door access control system to increase facility safety.

This article reviews some of the key advantages.

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Safeguarding Campuses: The Integration of AI Gun Detection and Behavioral Analysis for Enhanced Security

AI-Enhanced Camera Systems Increase Security at Schools

Safeguarding Campuses
Safeguarding Campuses

In an era where safety concerns loom large, university campuses are at the forefront of adopting cutting-edge technologies to ensure the well-being of their students, faculty, and staff. One groundbreaking advancement in this domain is the implementation of an AI-driven surveillance system designed to detect firearms and preemptively identify aggressive behavior, thus fortifying campuses against the threat of mass shootings.

This article describes how artificial intelligence (AI) provides a powerful enhancement to IP camera systems.

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Technical Jokes and Cartoons – 109

Cartoon I Married my Wife

There was a poor old Irish cobbler whose shop was next door to a very upscale French restaurant.

Every day at lunchtime, Mike, the Irish gent, would go out the back of his shop and eat his soda bread and maybe a kipper or piece of Irish blue cheese while smelling the wonderful odors coming from the restaurant’s kitchen.

One morning, the Irishman was surprised to receive an invoice in the mail from the adjoining restaurant for “enjoyment of food.”

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Alternative to Hikvision and other Banned IP Cameras

How to Select IP Cameras that NDAA Does Not Prohibit

Selecting Approved IP Cameras
Selecting Approved IP Cameras

In 2022, the US government banned Hikvision, Dahua, and other Chinese-manufactured cameras. Unfortunately, they do not meet the requirements established by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and can’t be sold to government agencies. Though this was a political move, it also recognized certain security risks associated with these cameras. Even though the Hikvision is no longer available, other camera manufacturers have equivalent cameras.

This article provides alternative cameras with even better performance and a lower price.

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Proactive Physical Threat Detection

Proactive Security Uses AI-Enhanced Camera Systems to Increase Safety and Prevent Loss

Proactive Security Systems
Proactive Security Systems

What are your Safety and Security expectations? Do you want to be Reactive or Proactive? In a reactive system, the security person searches video after an event or incident. In a proactive system, the facility is actively monitored by an AI-enhanced camera system that sends alarms to security personnel.

This article describes how a proactive security system works, why it is helpful, and how to install it.  

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Enhancing School Safety With Technology

How Technology Can Improve Safety in Schools

Technology to Protect Schools
Technology to Protect Schools

Ensuring students, teachers, and staff safety and security within educational institutions is paramount in today’s rapidly evolving world. IP camera systems, door access control, and visitor management have emerged as powerful tools to enhance school safety in many ways.

This article explores how these systems contribute to a safer learning environment:

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IP Camera Systems with AI Improve Perimeter Awareness

AI-Enhanced Perimeter Security and Situational Awareness

AI Enhanced IP Cameras
AI Enhanced IP Cameras

Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhances the capability of IP Camera Systems. AI has improved the ability of classic surveillance systems. Instead of just recording video, the enhanced IP cameras have changed how we use the IP Camera Systems. AI makes the standard IP camera system smarter. It provides immediate notification of threats, extends the range of detection, reduces false alarms, and provides automated tracking of targets.

This article describes how the new EV-EDGE AI Software can enhance IP Camera Systems and improve perimeter security and situational awareness.

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Technical Jokes and Cartoons – 107

Cartoon-Sandwitch

A new camp commander was appointed and while inspecting the place, he saw 2 soldiers guarding a bench.
He went over there and asked them why they guard it.
“We don’t know. The last commander told us to do so, and so we did. It is some sort of regimental tradition!”
He searched for the last commander’s phone number and called him to ask him why did he want guards on this particular bench.

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