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IIT Bombay to help security forces fight terrorism MUMBAI: Capturing images and viewing them at a command station during terror operations will soon be possible in the country. The wireless communication device, used to capture images when American military forces gunned down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, could become a reality in India. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will set up a research centre on homeland security to help police and paramilitary forces use state-of-the-art technology to tackle problems like urban terrorism, naxalism and cyber crime. The institutes electrical engineering department has developed a wireless communication device that will permit beaming live images to a command station. Images are transmitted using ultra-broadband services. We are updating the version to shrink the size and make it more cost-effective, a student associated with the project said. The institute has collaborated with a recently set-up anti-terror force and is developing the device for it. However, the product needs to be commercialized to make it deployable. Though many individual efforts have begun at the department level, the institute has drawn up a blueprint to set up the virtual centre. Police forces in the country do not have access to technology that could be used to tackle urban crime like terrorism. The institute plans to use its expertise to develop technology for security forces. We plan to make a consolidated approach so that as a centre we can seek funds to streamline research, said Professor Abhay Karandikar, from the IITs electrical engineering department, and who is involved in the project. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has taken active interest in the institutes projects and some demonstrations of prototypes developed by the institute have been held for some of its top officials. Back |
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