Technology
Sensing technology grounded in science
Our technology portfolio spans fiber optic sensing, video analytics, and multi-sensor integration — all informed by decades of research in optical physics and bio-inspired design. We build security systems that detect, classify, and locate threats with precision that conventional technologies cannot match.
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS)
Distributed fiber optic sensing transforms ordinary optical fiber into a continuous detection surface spanning tens of kilometers. A laser pulse injected at one end of the fiber generates Rayleigh backscatter — a predictable pattern of reflected light. When the fiber is disturbed by vibration, pressure, or acoustic energy, the backscatter pattern changes. Our systems analyze these changes using phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (φ-OTDR) to detect, classify, and locate intrusions in real time.
Key advantages: continuous coverage with no gaps, no power or electronics at the perimeter, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and precise localization to within meters along the fiber.
Video Analytics and Surveillance
Modern video surveillance goes far beyond recording. Our approach integrates high-performance camera networks with real-time analytics for threat detection, object classification, and behavioral analysis. Multi-sensor panoramic cameras — inspired by the same compound-eye principles studied in the original CurvACE research — provide 360° coverage with uniform resolution and no blind spots.
Multi-Sensor Integration
No single sensor technology covers all threat scenarios. Our unified security platforms correlate inputs from fiber optic sensors, cameras, radar, thermal imagers, and access control systems. Multi-sensor fusion reduces false alarms by orders of magnitude while improving detection probability — the same Bayesian evidence accumulation that biological nervous systems have evolved to perform.
Research Heritage
The curvace.org domain was originally home to the CurvACE project (CURVed Artificial Compound Eyes), an EU FP7-funded initiative that advanced bio-inspired optical sensing from 2009 to 2013. The principles demonstrated by that research — wide-field optical sensing, adaptive photoreception, neuromorphic signal processing — inform the technologies we deploy today.