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Homeland Security

DHS Develops Throwaway Routers; Seeks Private Sector Partner for Production

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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

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Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., a small Hawaiian science and engineering firm, and the Univ. of Virginia's Dept. of Computer Science, have developed a small, low-power routers that can be carried in a dispenser on a firefighter's belt and automatically drops the routers whenever the firefighter steps behind concrete or beyond radio range. The Wireless Intelligent Sensor Platform for Emergency Responders (WISPER) was developed and demonstrated through funding provided by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology branch through the Small…

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