by William Cahalin | Mar 8, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Venezuela, Water Safety
So farms have put it to work: Robots aren’t just stealing human jobs, they’re after man’s best friend too – now there’s a drone that can bark like a sheep dog. Corey Lambeth, a shepherd on a sheep and beef farm in New Zealand, said his...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 19, 2019 | Bobs Blog, China, Cyber Security, Emergency Response
The continuing dangers of terrorism: The end of ISIS as we know it is drawing near, as the military noose tightens around the last remaining vestiges of the fighters that once terrorized large swaths of Iraq and Syria. This is siege warfare at its purest and most...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 19, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Public Health, Sustainability, The Future
Without their permission: According to a New York Times report, Facebook gave companies like Spotify, Netflix and Microsoft access to users’ private data, sometimes without their knowledge. The report alleged that Russian search engine Yandex and China’s...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 18, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Sustainability, Tariffs, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
Wisconsin loses half its dairy herds: The news out of Wisconsin is discouraging for small to medium-scale dairy farmers and veterinary practices. Increased efficiency (more milk with significantly fewer cows) hasn’t necessarily improved the bottom line for dairy...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 8, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
The problem is aging infrastructure: Americans across the country, from rural Appalachia to urban areas like Flint, Mich., or Compton, Calif., are facing a lack of clean, reliable drinking water. At the heart of the problem is a water system in crisis: aging,...