The new advanced technology of a Wireless Camera Grenade is being developed by Dreampact Ltd. an Edinburgh based company. The concept emerged from a proposal submitted to the Ministry Of Defence’s (MOD) Competition of Ideas in 2007.
The new defence product would prove to
be a boon for the Army’s Combat troops. Before indulging into a combat, soldiers would be enabled to get a complete overview of the battle zone before actually entering. The I-Ball wireless Grenade is highly-portable and has a projectile camera which provides a 360 degree live coverage of the affected zone. The camera gets activated as soon as it is launched, it can be thrown with hands as well as fired through a grenade launcher. The images captured from the camera in the grenade are sent to a remote operator where with the use of a computer processor, the live footage is processed within fraction of seconds and made available to the troops. The processor removes the possibility of wobbly images. The I-Ball Grenade consists of a compact camera and has two fish eyes through which the images are transmitted wirelessly to the remote operator. This technology is known as the Gate Array technology.
The design of the I-Ball is such that it is capable to operate in temperatures below minus 32 degrees Celsius and over 44 degrees Celsius, making it versatile enough to be used on tanks or micro Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV’s).
