Estonia, EU – Baltic States, Technology

The new platform from one of the most mysterious Estonian tech company is aimed at surveillance, PDA and medical sectors, where hand held power management solutions with laptop performance are needed.

We are talking about a new embedded Linux mobile computer that offers high performance signal processing with optimized hand held power management.

The idea of "Surveillance on the move" flatters BPS. Their devices can be installed in a goods container, vehicle, ship, or similar. They observe everything going on in and around showing, for example, who opens the containers, when and how.

The device observes and records in real time. It integrates, in one unit, a motion and temperature sensor, a video camera, a microphone, a dictaphone and an infrared light. It sends text messages and enables mobile positioning. The owner of the goods can maintain a comprehensive overview, via their mobile phone, of what is happening with their property en route.

In addition to preventing a vehicle or goods from being lost or becoming damaged without the knowledge of the owner, the device also reduces, for instance, insurance costs in the transport of goods.

One of the weaknesses of these minicomputers seem to be the durability of batteries – the company promises the battery will last up to 60 days. According to BPS, their devices can be used everywhere security is an issue – hotels, storerooms, shops, luxury boats, caravans, taxis and more.

The company was founded by the British duo Leon Borthwick and Paul Pignon 8 years ago. The British men, with a background in physics, state that to date goods owners and logistics operators have lacked comprehensive ways of avoiding or preventing such threats as the theft of goods, fraud or illegal immigration. Goods containers and vehicles have been lost and never found or later abandoned.

In Tartu Technology Park, the development of innovative audiovisual surveillance systems began which were later tested in different operating environments both in Great Britain and the USA. However, only a few people know about this as the company keeps a very low profile.