Israel Matzav

About those pictures from the Fukushima nuclear power plant

I had a friend growing up who was a lot more handy than I was. He was constantly making things for his parents' house - mostly out of wood but also out of other materials. We used to joke that whenever we went to visit him, he would take us on a "see this? I made it" tour of his house.

Whenever you see a snappy new technology these days, you should consider whether it's part of Israel's "see this? I made it" tour. For those of you who have seen the pictures coming from inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant, guess who is responsible for them: You guessed it. Another Israeli high tech company.

As the world continues to gaze with concern at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, hi-tech security cameras installed by an Israeli defense firm are recording events at the troubled core from an insider’s vantage point.

The Arava-based Magna BSP company, which specializes in producing and installing stereoscopic sensory and thermal imaging cameras, had been contracted to place cameras around one of the plant’s six cores – the core that has been experiencing explosions and overheating.

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Monday, Magna’s head, Haim Siboni, said the thermal cameras also had the ability to detect the presence of radioactive clouds in the air, but added that Magna had not been able to gain access to the images recorded by the cameras at this time.

“Because we are using these special cameras, we can also identify radioactive clouds, due to the spectrum that our cameras can sense,” Siboni said.

Although Magna is able to gain remote access to its computer system, which receives the cameras’ images, Siboni said his company had not yet been authorized to do so.

“We have not been allowed to take control remotely yet,” Siboni said.

Keep that in mind the next time someone suggests to you that we ought to be boycotting Israel.

Labels: Fukushima nuclear power plant, Magna BSP company, stereoscopic sensory cameras, thermal imaging cameras

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:43 PM