Hamilton, New Zealand -- Thenew Digilant® Portable Digital Security Camera, releasedtoday in New Zealand by Moreton Bay Systems, marks a newfrontier in security camera technology, making it moreaffordable for the average householder or small business tohave an image based security system. Digilant® isavailable in New Zealand from Hamilton-based IndepthForensics.

Dennis Parsons of Indepth Forensics inHamilton, says Digilant® is the perfect choice for manysecurity applications in the home or business as well as forusing in external situations because of its low cost andportability.

"The camera with its high resolution photosprovides the perfect security choice for monitoring remoteareas like sheds, gates, garages and boats, putting thedigital security system streets ahead of its competitors,"said Dennis Parsons from Indepth Forensics.

Digilant® isthe first intelligent portable security camera designed toconnect directly to existing alarm systems, providing clearstill images of intruders. Its unique ultra low powervideo processing technology also enables it to operate as abattery powered surveillance camera for up to nine weeks onone small internal battery, compared to only six hours forits closest competitors. This opens up thousands ofdifferent applications across many fields.

According toDavid Hill, managing director of Moreton Bay Systems, whichdeveloped the technology, Digilant® marks a real shift inthinking in the security camera industry.

"Itrevolutionises the digital video security market by offeringa different technical approach to capturing and processingimages, and a longer battery life than anything else on themarket," Hill said.

"This provides an added insurancepolicy so that if someone does break in, you can access theimages and get a full visual history leading up to the breakin.

"You get very clear JPEG images from the camera, whichare better for getting convictions."

"We ve had interestfrom all sorts of groups -- including police, industrial andmining, department stores, fast food chains, tourismoperators, Government and small business -- through todomestic household sites."

"Digilant® can easily be movedfrom site to site because of its cost effective 'no wires installation, which makes it great for commercial, domesticand remote applications, and for protecting high riskgoods."

The camera has been tested and approved to meetstandards in Australia, New Zealand, the United States andEurope. For more information contact Indepth Forensics on7838 2265. or visit www.digilant.com.au or contact MoretonBay Systems on 07 3488 1000.

About Moreton BaySystems Moreton Bay Systems was established in Brisbane,Australia, in 2001 by former Motorola Semiconductors GeneralManager David Hill, to develop advanced, low power wirelessdigital-camera technologies (WDCT) for the security and homeautomation markets. The R&D has been funded by its sistercompany TE Australia, which for 17 years has been a majorAustralian distributor for semiconductor manufacturers suchas Toshiba and Epson. This relationship has kept MoretonBay Systems at the forefront of technology and it now hasinternational patents pending in Australia, U.S., Europe andother countries based on their unique ultra low powerdigital camera technology.

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Digilant® has been tested in the marketplace forthe last 12 months. Here are some of thoseapplications.

Applications in Mines and Hotels

GarySorensen of runs a security solutions company and has beentrialling Digilant® with great success in the mining andhotel industry.

"We d been looking at setting up videosurveillance for my mining clients to monitor gate access,"Gary said. "This was going to be pretty expensive todo.

"I ditched that video idea as soon as I saw theDigilant® cameras," Sorensen said. "I could see the use forthem and bought them basically on the spot because they weremuch cheaper and easier to operate as a standalone item andwe can leave them there for weeks at a time.

"TheDigilant® cameras take up to 65,000 photos triggered by amotion detection sensor and they re dead easy to disguise."

Sorensen now has 12 cameras in use at mining sites and inthe hospitality industry.

"We ve put them on the gates tomonitor access to the various mine sites. This works bothfor when gates are accidentally left open or to detect andgather legally admissible evidence if people are doingthings they shouldn t be doing, such as taking items offsite illegally.

"Some of my mining clients are also usingthe cameras to monitor wildlife activity at waterways anddams to fulfil their environmental duties, make sure thatbirds and other wildlife are returning to the areas and alsodetect pests such as wild pigs or goats so that appropriateaction can be taken.

"In hotels and pubs, we re using thecameras to monitor ATMs, gaming machines and high risk stocksuch as alcohol. The photos we get are all date and timestamped and digitally encoded so it is admissible evidencein court if someone is caught doing the wrong thing, or ifthere is a violent incident in the venue.

"So for example,one of my clients had a complaint from someone using the ATMthat it had swallowed $500. Using the Digilant® photosequence we can now see if this actually happened or if theperson is trying to scam the hotel."

Peace of Mind toVandalism Victims

Digilant® has brought peace of mind tolandscape architect Bronwyn*.

Brownwyn has been victims ofa vicious vandalism campaign for the last twelve months andinstalled Digilant® cameras at their private residence,which has a 40 metre long driveway and is in a quiet, remotearea.

"We ve had sump oil thrown all over our new concretedriveway, had intruders on the property slashing our tyresand had bottles thrown over the fence on numerousoccasions," she.

"We just weren t game to go anywherebecause of these incidents, and certainly didn t feel wecould go away on a holiday."

With Digilant® in place theyare able to get clear photos of intruders on the property toshow to police if any damage is done.

"Now we feel moreconfident that we can see people coming to the house whenwe re not there and even when we are there, we ve gotphotographic evidence", she said. "We ve now been able togo away for two weeks and the camera batteries lasted thewhole time, recording anybody coming onto the property. Itwas great for our peace of mind."

* Full name notavailable for reasons ofsecurity.

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