National Geographic Channel to Feature UMaine Homeland Security Project

ORONO, Maine — A National Geographic special commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will feature a University of Maine project that has created secure shipping containers equipped with sensors to tell handlers when the cargo unit has been tampered with.

“Hi-Tech War on Terror” is set to air at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, on the National Geographic Channel. The show will feature a variety of new technologies being developed by the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate to detect, deter, and defeat terrorism.

Learn more, here: http://www.umaine.edu/news/blog/2009/01/26/national-geographic-channel-to-feature-umaine-homeland-security-project/