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Connected devices are changing the world
What’s the link between Nest and Nuclear? In an interview with Tech Cocktail, Silverside Detectors talks about connected devices and the future of nuclear threat reduction.
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Why detector area matters
I dropped my water bottle in the office yesterday, spilling water on the floor. The kitchen was stocked with two types of paper towels: expensive super high absorbent name-brand rolls, and generic, thinner wipes. Taking one of the higher absorbent rolls did the trick, but so did two of the thinner ones. And the thinner […]
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Nuclear materials
The good news about nuclear bombs is that only two elements can be used induce a nuclear explosion: plutonium (Pu) and highly enriched uranium (HEU). While securing and detecting these materials is a herculean task, at least the field of materials is narrowed. First, a refresher crash course in chemistry: An element is a substance […]
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Dirty Bomb v. Nuclear Bomb
This is the first post in a series that reviews the basic science, trade-offs, and policy issues around nuclear threat detection. Nuclear bombs, dirty bombs, radiological dispersion…there are a lot of threats out there, and they are not all equal. When governments assess terror risks to their citizens in part based on the potential scale […]
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Lock ’em Up: Keeping nuclear material out of terrorists’ hands
Multiple terrorist organizations are known to be seeking a nuclear weapon, thus establishing the imperative of securing all weapons-grade nuclear materials around the globe. What’s the status of nuclear material security? It’s a mixed bag, according to Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) , a D.C.-based think-tank that has just released the 2014 Nuclear Materials Security Index. While […]
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1776-DC: Interview with Silverside Founders
Silverside co-founders Andrew Inglis and Sarah Haig talked with Peter Lougee of 1776-DC about nuclear threat reduction, being a start-up in a highly regulated space, and Silverside’s participation in the Challenge Cup competition. Read the full interview here.
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Silverside named Boston’s “Smart City” Startup for the Challenge Cup
Wednesday evening, a crowd of the city’s top innovators and East Coast industry leaders spilled into District Hall in the Seaport for The Challenge Cup, a seven month-long, 16-city startup competition. Leading the initiative is none other than 1776, a novel yet fast-growing incubator hailing from our nation’s capital in Washington D.C. (Read the entire story at BostInno)
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MassChallenge and CASIS recognize Silverside Detectors
Silverside Detectors received a $50K award from MassChallenge at the Awards Ceremony, held on 30 October 2013. Silverside was one of 10 Gold Winners (selected from a field of over 1200 initial applications), coming out of the four-month accelerator program that arms early-stage companies with the resources and mentors needed to execute on their vision. […]
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5 things to know about nuclear threat reduction
1. The threat is real and present. We’re not fear mongers; we’re realists. In 2006, the Lugar Survey on Proliferation Threats and Responses [.pdf] (a report issued by the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) polled 85 national security experts on the estimated risk of a nuclear attack during the next 10 years. The […]
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Boston.com guest blog
“Silverside Detectors Inc. has developed a new kind of nuclear bomb detector to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.” When we open a conversation with that bombshell (so to speak), the most typical reaction is a stunned expression. It’s not easy to focus on a problem that most people understand only in an abstract way, […]
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Why address the threat of nuclear terrorism?
Should the threat of a nuclear terrorist attack be on our collective radar screen? What is the probability of such an attack actually happening? Does the clean track record mean that the threat is low, that existing systems are working, or that we’re just really lucky? The international efforts for nuclear threat reduction are not […]
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