Communications and Surveillance

The following are various links to companies and groups related to communciations an surveillance systems, especially the portable and concealable kind.

1. WIPNet — Links to people and groups trying to establish a wireless Internet of portable computers.
2. MIT Project Oxygen — People working to develop wireless network of portable computers.
3. Wearable Computers — Material on wearable computers and peripherals.
4. Wearable Netcams — Steve Mann has a system he wears that allows others to see what he sees, via the WWW. Much material on wearable computers, cameras, display devices, and communications. Such devices may be useful for investigation of official corruption and abuse.
5. Xybernaut — Make a wearable computer with a head-mounted display.
6. Ultra Wideband Working Group — Coordinating development of this promising communications and surveillance technology.
7. Time Domain Corporation — Developing ultra-wideband products.
8. Wireless LAN/MAN Modem Product Directory — Database of vendors of these products.
9. Freewave — Make small spread-spectrum data transceiver. Can use it to create wireless networks.
10. Metricom/Ricochet — Make small spread spectrum transceivers, provide digital wireless services.
11. Proxim — Wireless LAN networking products.
12. Utilicom — Make spread spectrum transceivers.
13. TAPR Amateur Radio Spread Spectrum Communications
14. Ham Radio Spread Spectrum — From Spread Spectrum Scene.
15. Harris Communications - Wireless — Have spread spectrum transceivers with PC interface to personal computers.
16. Lucent Technologies — Have spread spectrum transceivers.
17. Ramsey Electronics — Security, surveillance, and amateur communications equipment in kit form or assembled.
18. The Spy Department — Security, surveillance and counterintelligence equipment.
19. Spy Shop — Vendor of all kinds of surveillance and counter-surveillance equipment.
20. The Spy Store — Another good source of surveillance and counter-surveillance equipment.
21. The Spy Store, Inc. — Another good source of surveillance and counter-surveillance equipment.
22. X10 — Offer combination video-audio spycams.
23. Supercircuits — Offer combination video-audio spycams.
24. Photobit LLC — Make miniature CMOS imaging devices and cameras.
25. VLSI Vision Ltd — Make miniature CMOS imaging devices and cameras.
26. Suni Imaging Microsystems — Make miniature CMOS imaging devices and cameras.
27. Codex — Make miniature spy cameras.
28. Kenwood Communications Corp. — Manufacturer of amateur radio equipment. They offer a new handheld dual band transceiver, the TH-D7A, with a digital packet interface.
29. Alinco Electronics Inc. — Manufacturer of amateur radio equipment. We need to press them to come up with digital-ready handhelds for use in packet radio.
30. Icom America, Inc. — Manufacturer of amateur radio equipment. We need to press them to come up with digital-ready handhelds for use in packet radio.
31. Yaesu — Manufacturer of amateur radio equipment. We need to press them to come up with digital-ready handhelds for use in packet radio.
32. Kachina — Make HF/SSB transceiver that uses PC computer for control and interface.
33. SGC World — Make man-portable HF/SSB transceiver.
34. Spectrum USA — Make handheld repeater controller and GPS mapping software.
35. Grove — Good starting point for radio receiver products.
36. Standard Amateur Radio Products — Another good starting point for ham radio products.
37. Japan Palmtop Direct — Mail-order source of state-of-the-art handheld computers not yet available in the U.S.
38. Call Sign Lookup — Find the person who belongs to a call sign.
39. Low Power FM Broadcasting — Could be critical in an emergency for reaching persons not linked.