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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

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Wearable Technology for First Responders Focus of New DHS Accelerator TopicThe Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate again this year is focusing on wearable technologies for its EMERGE Accelerator Program, which began as a pilot project in 2015 to tap into the network of business accelerators and incubators. Under the new Wearable Technology effort, S&T is seeking the development of state of the art wearable technologies on the commercial market that can be modified for first responders. The…

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