The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year

These are the Best Of What's New

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sarah Fecht

Published Oct 19, 2016 5:00 PM EDT

k3 robot — Courtesy Knightscope

metasensor sensor 1 — Courtesy Metasensor

scott sight firefighter mask — Sam Kaplan

Roost smart smoke detector battery — Sam Kaplan

ronin — Broadband Discovery Systems

red ballon Universal Anti-Virus — Red Balloon

sea hunter drone ship — DARPA

Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID — Qualcomm

Read about the other Best of What’s New winners from the November/December 2016 issue of Popular Science.