Microsoft Surface being used to coordinate Super Bowl security
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If you’ve been watching the news this week, you might have caught NFL security VP Milton Ahlerich saying that Raymond James Stadium in Tampa will be “one the safest locations you can possibly be” during the Super Bowl on Sunday, and it looks like Microsoft Surface will be a big reason why: it’s being used to coordinate security forces around the site. It’s seriously slick — maps are integrated with planning and voice communications software so the field commanders can immediately assess incident responses and personnel deployments, with the ability to initiate radio contact directly from the interface. Definitely much cooler than zooming in and out of photos and ordering drinks, we’d say — video after the break.
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