US EditionA Little Bit of Basic Geometry Could Have Entirely Prevented the Louvre Heist, but Museum Officials Were Apparently Told There Would Be No Math
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Two weeks ago, the burglary of the jewels of the French crown had brutally highlighted the unsuspecting vulnerability of the largest museum in the world. The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, promises an anti-invasive device and a better training of agents. She also announces the installation of new cameras outside. The digital tools of the Louvre, outdated, must be modernized. The police prefect of Paris evokes a total budget of 80 million eur…
After the spectacular jewel theft in the Louvre in Paris, an elegantly dressed young man was photographed in front of the museum, next to police officers blocking the crime scene. His appearance in the trench coat, three-part and Fedora hat made him look like a detective from an old film. But the supposed investigator is none. The "mirror" found the young man – he is the 15-year-old student Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux. The teenager from Rambouill…
After the breakage of October 19, an investigation revealed serious security flaws at the Louvre. ...
The Minister of Culture said Friday that the administrative investigation revealed a "chronic underestimation" of the risks of theft in the Parisian museum, 12 days after the robbery.
A daring jewel theft at the Louvre has made museums think about beefing up security - here's how a geometric problem can help them.
A daring heist at France's Louvre museum saw thieves steal priceless royal jewels in broad daylight. But a decades-old geometry problem could help museums beef up their security. It took just eight minutes. In those 480 seconds, the thieves climbed up a mechanical platform to a balcony on the first floor of the Louvre museum in Paris before cutting through a window in broad daylight. Once inside, they smashed two glass cases and then made off wi…
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