Federal judge blocks California’s law enforcement mask ban

A federal judge in California on Monday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations.
Hackaday

Ask Hackaday: How Do You Detect Hidden Cameras?

The BBC recently published an exposé revealing that some Chinese subscription sites charge for access to their network of hundreds of hidden cameras in hotel rooms. Of course, this is presumably ...

I’ve had the viral Shark CryoGlow LED Mask for over a year. Here’s why it’s the only one I’ll ever use

The Shark CryoGlow boasts a range of features that differentiate it from other LED masks on the market, from an integrated cooling under-eye treatment to its four preset modes and easy-to-use remote.
Hackaday

Habit Detection For Home Assistant

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following ...

New hybrid films could cut costs for direct X-ray detectors

In medicine, security, nuclear safety and scientific research, X-rays are essential tools for seeing what remains hidden. The ...
IEEE

Use of a Simple Passive Hardware Mask to Replace the Digital Masking Procedure in Photonic Delay-Based Reservoir Computing

Abstract: Delay-based reservoir computing (RC) offers a conceptually simple approach to construct an RC system, often requiring only few components. Within this framework, one sequentially injects ...
IEEE

Multiscale Feature-Enhanced Water Body Detector of Truncated Gaussian Clutter in SAR Imagery

Abstract: This article presents a multiscale feature-enhanced water detector using truncated Gaussian clutter (TGCFeWD) for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. It aims to improve detection ...
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I made an LED face mask!

In this video, we demonstrate how to create a face mask using individually addressable LED strips arranged in a 30 x 12 LED grid. The project utilizes an Arduino Micro, an SD card reader module, a ...
Seattle Times

Divisions deepen as WA bill to ban masks for law enforcement advances

OLYMPIA — The Senate Law and Justice committee advanced a version of Senate Bill 5855 on Thursday that would prohibit local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Walk-through metal detector now in use for Flagstaff City Council meetings

The City of Flagstaff is now requiring those attending city council meetings to go through a metal detector before entering council chambers. Flagstaff officials bought the device made by the company ...
WDAF-TV

Belton Schools to begin using handheld metal detectors next week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Belton School District will be adding new security measures in its schools starting next Monday. Starting Jan. 12, school administrators will begin using handheld metal detector ...