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Article: Rolling back crime: beat the burglar--with a ball.(PRODUCTS & PROCESSES)(Brief Article)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Scientist's at the University of Upsalla have developed a new means to counter the burglar. It's a large black ball that as well as being a fire and smoke detector, uses either radar or infra-red to detect intruders and then summon emergency services, sound the alarm, take video pictures and give chase. Around 70cm in diameter and weighing some five kilos it moves at speeds of over 30km/h over almost any surface and outpaces any human travelling on foot.
The Swedish company marketing this ...
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