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Baby Snow Leopards Study Made Possible by Network Camera

June 26, 2013

In order to gain further insight, Nordic Ark has a camera set up in the cubs den and has shared the live video feed online.

Video Surveillance Cameras: The Good, the Bad, and the Hype and Lessons from Boston

June 24, 2013

After this terrible tragedy, some have asked, “But does this now mean that cameras will now be everywhere? What about privacy?” It’s hard to believe that in the year 2013 that question is still being asked.

Axis, Wentworth Partnership Breaks Assumptions

Introduction to a Three-Part Blog Series: Axis and Wentworth Team Up — Perspectives on Innovation

Heather Klotz-Young

June 13, 2013

As a member of the press, there are certain expectations you have for booth visits with all the companies at a massive trade show like ISC West in Las Vegas.

For the full picture, you can also read the other blogs in this series by Wentworth’s Charles Hotchkiss and student Joshua Ramirez.

Think Outside of the Box, Look Inside the Camera

Part One in a Three-Part Blog Series: Axis and Wentworth Team Up — Perspectives on Innovation

Robert Muehlbauer

June 13, 2013

When trying to solve difficult problems, it’s always good to think outside the box. For Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology, thinking outside of the box means looking inside the camera.

For the full picture, you can also read the other blogs in this series by Wentworth’s Charles Hotchkiss and Axis’ Robert Muehlbauer.

Alibi

Part Two in a Three-Part Blog Series: Axis and Wentworth Team Up — Perspectives on Innovation

Joshua Ramirez

June 13, 2013

As I walked into the studio, the technology director gave me a concerned look, and mused: "People haven't been checking into the studio."

For the full picture, you can also read the other blogs in this series by Axis’ Robert Muehlbauer and Wentworth student Joshua Ramirez.

Win-Win Collaboration

Part Three in a Three-Part Blog Series: Axis and Wentworth Team Up - Perspectives on Innovation

Chuck Hotchkiss

June 13, 2013

The collaboration between Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., and Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology began, as so many collaborations do, with a personal connection: Rob Muehlbauer of Axis and Annamaria Wenner, Wentworth’s dean of students, have been friends since the days when Annamaria lived in Rob’s building in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

Your Help is Needed to Support Oklahoma Recovery Efforts

May 27, 2013

Pat Eagan, president of Select Security, and member of the Response Team of America board, wrote a letter asking for the industry’s support in helping with the Oklahoma recovery efforts.

Standing With Boston & Proud of Our Industry

April 18, 2013

We deeply empathize with the people of Boston in their losses, and we hold in high esteem the people who acted heroically to help the injured following the Monday bombings at the Boston Marathon. Besides these heroes, the only brightness in all of this despair is the detection — and hopefully the eventual identification — of a suspect, enabled by “promising images” from a department store surveillance camera mounted atop a building: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51575894/#51575894.

Sustainable Solar Savings

Nathan Leaphart

April 18, 2013

As the chief financial officer at Electric Guard Dog, a company that has been one of the original pioneers in renewable energy for the security industry, I’ve studied our system for the cost/benefit ratio of our investment in solar power in detail.