MSU researchers develop whole-body biometric recognition system with $12M grant
Michigan State University researchers have developed technology for long-range biometric identification, supported by a four-year federal grant from the Intelligence…
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Outgoing UK commish leaves advice for law enforcement use of biometrics and drones
Professor Fraser Sampson, who recently announced that he will step down as the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner at…
Futurist says drones with biometrics will be deployed against mass shootings
Futurist and celebrity speaker Thomas Frey is hailing a new solution for the epidemic of mass shootings in the United…
US state, Ireland curb police use of facial recognition
The push and pull of police policy governing biometric surveillance has been tugged hard by privacy advocates. Law enforcement in…
US military says it can put facial recognition into robot drones
Whenever a radically new technology comes along, someone worries that it will be weaponized and, at least in the United…
AI belongs on the street alongside cops, researchers urge
‘RoboCop’ was brutal satire about policing, but a team of researchers at a U.S. national lab may see it as…
IARPA awards contracts for whole-body biometric identification
The research and development arm of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced a tranche of contracts…
EU blankets borders with surveillance tech to deter refugees: investigation
A new investigation by The Guardian has shed light on several high-tech surveillance biometrics and deterrent systems deployed by some…
Surveillance drones sought by UK police, threatened with sanctions in US
New sanctions could be imposed on DJI Technology, a Chinese maker of drones capable of biometric surveillance, by the American…
NYPD’s $159M ‘surveillance slush fund’ used to buy facial recognition software, x-ray vans
Facial recognition and predictive policing software, ‘stingray’ cell tower simulators and vans equipped with x-ray machines to detect weapons were…
