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Document Id: 900561
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Concept Title: DATA BUS INFORMATION PULL COMPUTERS
Description: INDIVIDUAL HAND HELD PORTABLE INFORMATION COMPUTERS WHICH PROVIDE INFORMATION TO A CENTRAL DATA BANK (BUS) REGARDING ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE AREA THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS WORKING IN. ADDITIONALLY, THE SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL TO DRAW INFORMATION OUT OF THE DATA BUS REGARDING THAT INFO STORED ABOUT THE AREA OF OPERATION.
Advantages: EVERY BIT OF INTELLIGENCE GATHERED WOULD BE STORED IN A DATA BUS WHICH ALLOWS FOR CONTINUOUS UPDATE AND CONTINUOUS DATA EXCHANGE. EACH VEHICLE AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE A GATHERING CAMERA AND COMPUTER WHICH AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS OBSERVED INFORMATION INTO THE DATA BUS VIA SATCOM OR OTHER MEANS. THIS COMPUTER WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO DRAW INFORMATION REGARDING THE AOR AS NEEDED. THE FORCE WITH THIS CAPABILITY WOULD OF COURSE HAVE AN INSURMOUNTABLE TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE.
Countermeasures: ELECTRONIC INTERCEPT OR USE OF EMP MAY PROVIDE SOME DEFENSE TO THE SYSTEM, BUT EMP HARDENED AND REDUNDANCY WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DISRUPT THE ENTIRE NETWORK. DECEPTION MIGHT PROVE HELPFUL BUT THE COMPUTER INTELLIGENCE VISUALIZED IN THIS CONCEPT WOULD BE ADVANCED ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH REAL FROM RUSE.
Commercial Applications: THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE USEFUL FOR INDUSTRY IN REGARDS TO MONITORING SAFETY AND SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. TRANSPORTATION AND MAPPING AGENCIES WOULD ALSO FIND APPLICABILITY AS WELL AS EMERGENCY RESCUE AND POLICE RESPONSE.
Keywords:
DATA LINKS