Goodyear Blimp at 100: From Ronald Reagan to Ice Cube, ‘floating piece of Americana’ still thriving
At 100 years old, the blimp is an ageless star in the sky. And the 246-foot-long airship will be in the background of the Daytona 500 on Sunday — roughly 1,500 feet above Daytona International ...
Mayor Johnson's looking at a range of gunshot-detection systems — including ShotSpotter
Bidding for a new contract is now underway after Johnson's controversial decision to end Chicago's relationship with ...
Reason2d
Little Rock, Arkansas, Drops Intrusive, Ineffective ShotSpotter System
The city government of Little Rock, Arkansas, recently dumped ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection tool that's been adopted by some crime-troubled cities, but which has long been controversial.
The Advocate5d
Baton Rouge police uses tech that alerts officers to gunfire. Why is it ending after 18 years?
When ShotSpotter’s acoustic sensors detect a gunshot, the sound is fed through a computer algorithm that determines the approximate location. The technology has given parish law enforcement ...
The Mercury3d
Pottstown man draws prison on gun charge after arrest with help of ‘ShotSpotter’
“The shots were detected by ShotSpotter, which is a technology that detects the sound of gunshots and is able to triangulate where the gunshots occurred. Once shots are detected, officers are ...
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Musk on Ron Paul as Fed chair: ‘Great idea’
Ron Paul (Texas) replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. “Great idea!” Musk replied on X to a statement from Kirk, saying Paul “would make a great next Chairman of the Federal ...