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Planning for a national challenge competition program to examine and advance a range of drone-centered capabilities and operations is in-the-works at the
In partnership with other private and public entities, the emergency response tech company RapidSOS is working on a national, free-to-use service to help public
RapidSOS, Responder Corp, Orleans Parish Communication District and the Western Fire Chiefs Association received the $1 million Accelerate R2 Network Challenge
The US Economic Development Administration, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Public Safety Communications Research
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking the public to help it find new ways to de-identify public safety datasets so researchers and policy
The landscape for public safety technology is changing almost every day, both in terms of major regulatory changes and technology advances that impact public
The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the Enhancing Computer Vision
In the Stories From Expo series, our friends at EMS Garage talk to top speakers and thought leaders from the 2019 EMS World Expo in New Orleans. In this episode
The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division is the primary federal laboratory conducting research, development, testing, and evaluation for public
As public safety users rely more and more often on mobile technology, what are the common issues they encounter with smartphones and tablets that are almost
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) helped lay the foundation for autonomous ground vehicles with a 300-mile challenge race. DARPA also pushed
Amid a rapidly evolving technology landscape, how do public safety agencies find out about the latest and greatest options, and best practices on how to
Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) announced a new funding opportunity for innovators in public-safety focused communications technology. The Follow
In an effort to enable public safety-focused entities to tap social media analytics in emergency response, The National Institute of Standards and Technology
In attempt to save more lives and make emergency response more efficient, more and more AR technologies ard adopted by governments. With augmented reality
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division holds an important annual conference covering the
Augmented reality technology is becoming more popular in the public safety community. For example, fire departments are starting to test out AR helmets and
Dereck Orr, chief of the Public Safety Communication Research (PSCR) division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), highlights key
The Tech to Protect challenge from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) is giving startups
NIST’s largest open innovation prize competition to date awarded $810,000 to contestants at the Tech to Protect Challenge National Award Event on May 1, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS -- A team of recent graduates from the School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI and the School of Science at IUPUI has been awarded $70,000
The world around us — both globally and locally — changed dramatically a few months ago when the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit country after country. Many
The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) awarded funding to contestants in the Tech to Protect Challenge, which launched in April 2019 and invited
May 4th is recognized across the globe as International Firefighters’ Day. This international observance was instituted in 1998 after a devastating wildfire in