From technology development to prize challenges and engagement across the country, 2021 was an immensely productive year for NIST's Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR). PSCR would like to thank the stakeholders and readers that have engaged with the program in person and online. As we look to the year ahead, we've also reflected on some highlights from 2021—and invite you to do the same. What follows are PSCR's top five, most clicked articles from 2021.
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Common location tracking software, like the Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS), do not function as well indoors because the signals that are so easily transmitted outside are reduced significantly inside a building where concrete and other materials disrupt the data from being sent and received. Having accurate indoor position information for public safety could improve the effectiveness of response and increase knowledge of first responder whereabouts during an emergency. Working to solve this difficult problem, the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab at Indiana University’s Pervasive Technology Institute was awarded $8 million from NIST PSCR to develop indoor localization technologies that support first responders in a variety of mission types through the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) First Responder 3D Indoor Tracking (FR3D) Prize.
This drone from Advanced Aircraft Company took first place in NIST's UAS Endurance Challenge with 112 minutes of flight time with a heavy payload.
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One of the barriers for the public safety community is not having access to an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can fly for long periods of time, 90 minutes or longer, while carrying a hea ..
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