The Department of Homeland Security does more than patrol borders and run airport checkpoints. It's also busy in the world of technology. Through the Security Science and Technology Directorate’s EMERGE 2016 program, DHS supports wearable technology research for first responders. The program matches strategic partners, startups, and accelerators to expedite research and … [Read more...]
Chicago’s TechNexus Picks 13 Wearables Companies for DHS Incubator
We wrote a few months ago about a call for applications to a Department of Homeland Security EMERGE program to develop wearables for first responders. TechNexus, a Chicago "venture collaborative" has picked 13 companies to work with it and DHS: BearTek: wearable tech built into task-specific gloves to wirelessly control devices. Energy Bionics: Develops, manufactures and … [Read more...]
US Government Sets Wearables Accelerator for Responders
First responders are an obvious, if difficult, market for wearable tech. Technical demands for responders are difficult to fulfill, governments don't have a lot of money, and purchase cycles are long. But where government money does flow, products follow. And government money is starting to flow to wearables. The US Department of Homeland Security has launched EMERGE!, an … [Read more...]