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| Company donates $7M of high-tech border fencing |
| 2006-08-23 |
| A Washington-based company is donating up to $7 million worth of fiber-optic security fencing material for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to use in any new barriers the group erects to try to keep illegal immigrants out of Arizona. The mesh has embedded sensors that can differentiate between human and animal contact and conditions such as high winds or heavy rain. Tied into cameras and alarms, the system can alert monitors to the precise location of any intrusion. The system pushes infrared light pulses continuously through the fiber-optic wire mesh, which is called FOM, for Fiber Optic Mesh. It can use the pulsing light to detect if the mesh is stretched or cut and what is pushing or pulling at its strands. "We're certainly not against immigration," said Nina (NINE-uh) May, the head of FOMGuard USA, which is donating the material. "We're against illegal immigration, because there are standards to follow. Too many people stand in line for years, and it's not fair to them." FOMGuard USA represents FOMGuard Co., a South Korean enterprise that developed the fencing material. May said the mesh security fencing was designed for use along the demilitarized zone with North Korea. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #3 You will secure those borders. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-08-23 12:37 |
| #2 The mesh has embedded sensors that can differentiate between human and animal contact ....... Please, someone call Sigourney Weaver asap. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-23 11:33 |
| #1 Woo-hoo! High gear, baby. Let the |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-23 11:27 |