Wednesday, 24. September 2008
Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:10:00 PM CEST
Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector
New Scientist reports that the Department of Homeland Security recently tested something called Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST) — a battery of sensors that determine whether someone is a security threat from a distance. Sensors look at facial expressions, body heat and can measure pulse and breathing rate from a distance. In trials using 140 volunteers those told to act suspicious were detected with 'about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception,' says a DHS spokesman.
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