NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Connecticut-based Splinternet Holdings Inc. has released a radiation detection device and monitoring system in a move to enter the anti-terrorism market.
Splinternet announced a cross-licensing and selling agreement with Vidiation LLC -- developer of the Vidiation-Radiation Analytics Detection System -- that uses streams of data from video surveillance systems to detect radioactive materials. Vidiation's technology together with Splinternet's networked radiation detection device is an effort by the companies to use the technologies to compliment each other and offer greater monitoring capabilities.
"Splinternet and Vidiation have each developed ways to monitor large areas for the existence of gamma ray-emitting substances, and the realization that our two techniques are helpful to each other, rather than competitive has led us to the new business arrangement we are announcing today," Splinternet President James Ackerly said in a statement. "We are pleased to enter the war on terrorism in this way, as the availability of wide area detection systems will serve as a deterrent to those who would hope to sneak a dirty bomb into an economically or politically strategic location.
"We have been attracted to the anti-terrorism space for some time and believe that with Vidiation we have a compelling entry into the market. We believe there is significant demand worldwide for this service, which offers customers a new layer of protection from improper transport of high energy materials."
