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Communications Technology Laboratory

Public Safety Communications Research Division

News and Updates

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Using Lasers to Save Lives

Scenario: you’re driving to your new job at a university campus and using your Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled smartphone to tell you—and your car—how
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PSCR 2020: Most Watched Sessions

PSCR launched The Digital Experience on July 27 and during our first week - over 1,000 people got their first glimpse of the content we've been preparing all
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Top 5 NIST PSCR Articles of 2019

From technology deployments to prize challenges and outreach across the country (and abroad), 2019 was a tremendously successful year for NIST's Public Safety
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The Spectronn SiFi Router

Resilient communications and computing are key metrics for public safety applications and services. If the transmission of mission-critical data relies solely
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Spotlight: PSCR Haptics Challenge

Sensing through the smoke — in a dangerous environment with low visibility, firefighters can’t always rely on their eyes alone. That’s where haptic feedback
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