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Archive for October 18th, 2008

Pretty Cool Stuff, but Watch the Eagle Eye!

Add comment October 18th, 2008

 Alex Gary covered the story of the Security demonstration held yesterday at Rock Valley College which I also attended .  The effort is a collaboration among M.A.S.C.; Balanced IT Solutions, another EIGERlab-based company; Boeing; Bluecasting of the United Kingdom; and Canada-based BelAir Networks.  Read his story here…

http://www.businessrockford.com/biznews/x1157487073/Developers-want-Rockford-to-be-center-of-security-boom

I was impressed that technologies are developing to make our schools, cities and country more secure.  To think Alert Notices could be seconds away is somewhat comforting.

If you want to see something really High Techy…see the movie “Eagle Eye”.  This is when computers will take over all the technology of our everyday lives  and begin to TRACK & CONTROL our lives!   Yikes!