Facial Recognition System Targets Criminals in Public Places. Criminals beware!
Ayonix Inc. Japan, an image technology solution provider, recently released a new real-time facial detection and recognition surveillance product aimed at safely identifying criminals and suspects in public places, such as airports, train stations, stadiums and public malls. With this recent technology update, Ayonix's Public Security (APS) product now has a processing speed that's 10 times faster than other releases. Users can now achieve real-time face recognition in public locations, and APS ver2.1 now makes walk-through facial recognition feasible. The APS scans incoming camera streams in real-time and notifies the operator when a face matches a "hit" on a watch list. "We are expecting a 120 percent sales [increase] with this new release by the first quarter of 2011," said Sadi Vural, president and CEO of Ayonix Inc. 11 Predictions for the World in 2030 That May Sound Outrageous Today but not in the Future. - I Look Forward To.
All futurism is speculation.
It's time someone made some claims. I've picked developments I honestly consider plausible. Here are my 11 predictions for the world of 2030. I'm backing these claims up with previous writings. To access the relevant article, just click the title of each point. Alright, crystal ball time: 1. A tiny computer that fits in your ear, and translates what you hear into your own language?
2. Aubrey de Grey says: I think we have a 50% chance of achieving medicine capable of getting people to 200 in the decade 2030-2040. 3. The eradication of extreme poverty will happen in our lifetime. 4. Soil-based agriculture is so passé. 5. I'm sure you've dreamed it: Getting into a car, kicking your shoes off and leaning back with a good movie and a cold beer while your self-driven car takes you safely to your destination, without your having to worry about directions or pedestrians. 6.
I actually think this is a conservative estimate. 7. Probably a lot sooner, actually. 15th best inventions of 2008. Why some scientists think reality might be a hologram. Have you ever wished that your life was actually a hologram, like Keanu Reeves’s in the The Matrix?
Craig Hogan, a particle astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and Fermilab (dedicated to the study of the science of matter, space and time), is testing an interesting theory: whether our world is really two-dimensional and only appears three-dimensional, like a hologram on a credit card. “There are a lot of mathematical ideas about how reality works, but we need experiments to guide us about what is really happening,” says Hogan in an interview with the Star. Hogan is heading a team of researchers trying to test what has become known as the holographic theory. Based on mathematical formulas and the study of black holes and string physics, some physicists have hypothesized that reality is a hologram.
“It is as if we’re virtual human beings living on a two-dimensional world,” he said. “We just don’t understand the coding for it,” adds Hogan. Asked how he explains his work, he laughs.