5G and Beyond: The Future of Networking

5G (or 5th Generation mobile networks) is the set of telecommunication standards beyond current so-called 4G/LTE. Aside from increased bandwith, lower latency, and lowering the cost of implementing existing 4th generation tech, 5g encompasses hardware focused elements of web communication. Lower battery consumption, or better batteries, will naturally need to accompany a technology with greater speed and overall capability.

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STST System Catches Gate Destruction

Caught On Camera! Recently, Security Technology of South Texas Inc, installed a video surveillance for a local Home Owners Association that had been experiencing problems with people hitting the security gates at their community.

Security Drones: Observations and Implications – Part 1

The use of drones for surveillance is no longer confined to the pages and scripts of sci-fi stories. While it is true that we have been using sophisticated camera systems combined with flight to spy across the Ocean at least since the development of the U2 program during the Cold War, it is the addition of modern “IOT” style tech to this equation that has opened the possibility for open (or closed) networks of semi-autonomous security devices to be used in securing important locations. Read more

Looking Forward -Part 2

To what extent any niche in the overall market will open up in response to some of these new possibilities is not certain right now. It could be that for some reason, consumer drone tech becomes unavailable in the near future. Economy of scale might not be dialed in just right. Read more