The Department of Homeland Security ’s been research a sensing element system that tries to predict “ unfriendly thought ” in people remotely for a while , but it ’s just spoken up about development and renamed the organisation “ Future Attribute Screening Technologies , ” FAST , which sounds really non - daunting . It was called “ Project Hostile Intent . ” But retard out the technology ’s conjecture powers for a re - think on how intimidating it sounds : it remotely checks multitude ’s pulse rate rate , emit patterns , pelt temperature and momentary facial expressions to see if they ’re up to no good . The system uses a battery of sensing element — everything from round-eyed cameras to infrared detector to eye - safe optical maser radar — to do its job , and it then collates the data to determine if people are expose biologic marker that wander mal - purport . In recent tests , in which unpaid worker were ask to sometimes deliberately move suspiciously , the scheme even apparently had a 78 % success rate , which sounds amazing . But , as fans of Minority Report will take note , it sounds like FAST is crossing into new moral “ pre - crime ” terrain . And all that data point could detect that you have an malady that you did n’t roll in the hay about , or want publicized … detection by the DHS could be ascertain to establish an invasion of privacy . The DHS say that ’s not a problem , since the data is never connect to an personal identity and is only used to help officers resolve if a suspicious mortal should be interviewed . Though it ’s not known if the spokesman was stick out before the FAST sensors when he made that statement . The research has a foresighted way to go , and has yet to face its material challenge : how well it bear on public condom without compromising people ’s time or privateness , when thousands are streaming past a FAST sensor array . Those are large vault to get over , before you begin seeing truehearted John Wilkes Booth at airport or freehanded public events . [ NewScientistandDailyTech ]
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