Posted on 09/17/2007 12:28:32 AM PDT by dayglored
The US and UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. When it comes to technology, the US is determined to stay ahead of the game....
Their goal is to invent a system whereby a facial image can be matched to your gait, your height, your weight and other elements, so a computer will be able to identify instantly who you are.
How you walk could be used to identify you in a crowd. "As you walk through a crowd, we'll be able to track you," said Professor Challapa. "These are all things that don't need the cooperation of the individual." ....
"And this idea about a total surveillance society," I asked. "Is that science fiction?"
"No, that's not science fiction. We're developing an unmanned airplane - a UAV - which may be able to stay up five years with cameras on it, constantly being cued to look here and there. This is done today to a limited amount in Baghdad. But it's the way to go."
Interestingly, we, the public, don't seem to mind. Opinion polls, both in the US and Britain, say that about 75% of us want more, not less, surveillance. Some American cities like New York and Chicago are thinking of taking a lead from Britain where our movements are monitored round the clock by four million CCTV cameras....
Using radio waves, you point it a wall and it tells you if anyone is on the other side. ... it turns out that the human body gives off such sensitive radio signals, that it can even pick up breathing and heart rates...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Tips for the worried:
1) Always wear a baseball cap
2) Walk like Dr. Zaius on “Planet of the Apes”
3) Get all kinds of shoes, where one is higher than the other to always change your walk
So far, this is working out well for me ...
~~~LOL~~~
that is very funny~
thanks for the laugh!
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The BS comes from the reporter’s translation of the concepts.
I agree with that comment, but it blows my dream of a Star Trek triciorder type device out of the water.The ability to read a patients' vital signs without physical contact would be a boon to the medical field.
Now let me find out if my stud finder can really differentiate between whether the Mrs. is a "solid" vs. a "dense solid" ;-)
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