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Tialinx, which designs and develops the most advanced imaging technology for security and surveillance applications, has announced an upgrade to its Eagle5 product line. The system aims to offer high precision scanners (using radio frequency) that allows its user to track movement of an object through a wall, allowing one to track movement in a dark tunnel, cave or an pitch-black building.

Arteplas, the largest producer of PET chords in Latin America, offers a 100 percent recycled chord which is generated from plastic bottles. The manufacturing process utilises 70% less energy than traditional means, and is said to be both cheaper and of higher quality than typical rope from fibres. Applicable industries include agriculture, construction, fishing & transportation.

Google has unveiled a new web product based on it’s local business search technology. When a business (e.g. a restaurant) signs up to Google’s Local Business Center, it then appears in locally related search results. After visiting the restaurant, users are able to comment on the restaurant’s listing, giving a rating out of five. Google will then identify the popular local businesses and add them as a Favourite Place, which allows the business to leave a decal (sticker) on it’s door for daily pedestrians to be able to search the business upon discovery. The sticker will contain a QR Code (which is already heavily used in Japan), a form of barcode that requires a picture to be taken from a mobile device, which then directs the user to the local business’s page, where ratings and comments will appear. A great way to enhance the availability of information on the go.

Booz & Company (a leading global consulting management firm) conducted an interview with Abu Dhabi’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Rashad Al Mansoori to discuss the challenges of eGovernment in the Middle East, and the role of CIO’s. Click Here to watch the full video.