This week’s Smart City roundup features a gadget to help businesses take care of glassholes, gadgets for the connected office, and a collaboration for safer gas and oil pipelines.

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Cyborg Unplug

Many establishments are now banning the use of Google Inc.’s Glass in their premises to protect the privacy of their patrons, but Glass isn’t the only device that has the capability to slyly record data in public settings. There are many other glasses that have discreet cameras that could be used for voyeuristic purposes, whether they unintentionally record others without permission or used for spying.

Julian Oliver, a Berlin-based artist and coder, released a free software product called Glasshole.sh that can be installed on a Raspberry Pi and plug it into a USB network antenna to start sniffing out Glass. When one is detected, it uses the Aircrack-NG to impersonate the network to deauthorize and disconnect the Glass’ WiFi connection.

To make the software more consumer-friendly, Oliver plans to start pre-selling a device called the Cyborg Unplug later this month, which makes the software much easier to use – just plug it in to start patrolling wireless networks. Business owners can receive alerts when concealed cameras and mics are detected, while also silently booting them off of any network they try to connect to.

Samsung unveils enterprise gadgets at IFA

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has unveiled a number of devices at IFA including two devices for the enterprise: the Galaxy Tab Active and the Android printer Smart MultiXpress.

The Galaxy Tab Active features an anti-shock cover able to withstand a 1.2-meter drop, has an IP67 certification making it water and dust resistant, a 3.15MP rear camera that is able to scan barcodes, 1.2MP front camera, runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, a 4450 Li-ion mAh battery that runs 8-10 hours, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, and a C-Pen stylus to facilitate better input even when users are wearing gloves.

It comes in a Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi & LTE version, and is available in 16GB storage which can be upgraded to up to 64GB via MicroSD. As an added bonus, the Tab Active is secured by Samsung Knox to protect corporate data.

As for the Smart MultiXpress, it’s a multi-function printer that runs Android and features the company’s Smart UX Center allowing it to operate independently without a PC and has app scalability. It features a 10.1-inch full touchscreen panel that enables users to search and print from web browsers, emails, maps, images and other types of content, as well as preview, edt and annotate documents without the need to connect to a PC.

GE and Accenture’s Intelligent Pipeline Solution

General Electric Co. and Accenture Plc announced the launch of the Intelligent Pipeline Solution, which the two claim as the first-ever Industrial Internet service to help pipeline operators make better critical decisions with regards to the machines and assets in the oil and gas pipeline industry.  The solution combines Pipeline Management, a GE Predictivity software solution powered by the PredixTM platform, with Accenture’s digital technology and systems integration capabilities to help customers make better, faster decisions on their pipeline operations to improve safety and prevent costly downtime.

The first customer to implement the Intelligent Pipeline Solution is the Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) which is strategically located within the Marcellus and Utica shale plays across its network of 15,000 miles of interstate natural gas pipelines.

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