High-definition smart cameras are also being developed in the U.S. by Interact Public Safety Systems.
But the industry has responded to these failures by developing new technologies and improved safety systems.
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All plant safety systems responded as designed and the shutdown was safely carried out.
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Johnson Controls, the big auto supplier, says coming lithium ion batteries will also have better safety systems.
The prototypes demonstrated by Mira showed it was feasible to fit such safety systems on motorbikes, said Mr Moore.
In particular, they don't have the passive safety systems that might have helped prevent the Fukushima accident in Japan.
But foreign governments, criminal syndicates and lone individuals are probing our financial, energy and public safety systems every day.
He also said it was impossible to say whether lives would have been saved if safety systems been up to scratch.
Railtrack has overall responsibility for safety, but, as this week's crash showed, the train operators need to improve safety systems too.
The safety systems could be a boon to less experienced bike riders.
The model Southern is building, the AP1000, is totally new, with safety systems powered by gravity instead of electricity, a so-called passive design.
Myriad features come standard, with even more on the options list, including a first-class Meridian audio system and all the latest high-tech safety systems.
Mira engineers outfitted a Yamaha Tenere and a Triumph Sprint with the safety systems so they could be tried out on a test track.
SpaceX is eyeing this business as well, and is developing the critical life-support and safety systems that would turn Dragon into a human-rated vehicle.
More advanced still are active-safety systems that progressively give warning of potential impacts, try to prevent them, and then try to mitigate their effects.
Will any utility really think it makes sense to field ten SMRs with ten control systems and ten safety systems rather than one big PWR?
The seats are part of the Cadillac Driver Awareness and Driver Assist packages, a combination of active safety systems designed to help drivers avoid crashes.
The EPR is the biggest plant ever designed and has safety systems galore, which means more pipes, more wiring, more concrete and higher capital costs.
"I'll be up here 50 years this year, and I'm getting a little tired of it, " said the 49-year-old Mr. Armstrong, a commercial fire-safety systems installer.
We remain confident in our drilling expertise and company standards, which are built upon a foundation of redundant safety systems to closely monitor pressure within the wellbore.
Problem is, lithium ion batteries are inherently unstable, so safety systems have to be built in to prevent the batteries from getting too hot from, say, overcharging.
Johnson Controls (nyse: JCI - news - people ), the big auto supplier, says coming lithium ion batteries will also have better safety systems.
Mr. Norvelle said the four diesel generators at the plant, 40 miles northwest of Richmond, can furnish enough electricity to run vital safety systems indefinitely at the two-reactor site.
Thus, by deliberately disrupting all redundant safety systems, saboteurs can cause a severe event that would have had only a very low probability of occurrence if left to chance.
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OnStar, the GM subsidiary that provides navigation and safety systems for cars, took a terrible turn last week when it announced a huge change to its contract with its customers.
The country also decided to reevaluate the safety systems of rail projects that have been approved but yet to start construction, and to suspend the examination or approval of newly proposed projects.
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The new body monitors could, if a driving hazard appeared imminent, trigger the car's safety systems to tap the brakes, turn off a radio, block a cellphone from ringing or take other actions.
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"It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic but of course it will have state-of-the-art 21st Century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems, " he said in a statement.
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When the panel okayed AlliedSignal's 1999 acquisition of Honeywell (the merged outfit assumed the Honeywell name), the companies assured regulators that rivals would be able to enter the market for the new safety systems.
There are numerous references to so-called "Books of Knowledge, " highly confidential information on design, safety systems and testing records allegedly generated by Toyota engineers on everything from roll-overs and roof safety to sudden unintended acceleration.
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