Day: November 2, 2014

The Retouching Machine invented by Harry Adams in 1946 …. is history as we know it real?

The ‘Photoshop of the 1940s’: 70-year-old vibrating machine retouched negatives using a pencil ‘airbrush’

Adam’s Retouching Machine (pictured) was invented by Colorado-based Harry Adams. Using a magnifying glass, it helps photographers examine negatives and smooth out blemishes.

Minority Report…IT’S HERE! London’s Metropolitan Police tested software what analyses a person’s (possible) criminal mind.

The REAL Minority Report: Met Police test software that predicts the chance of gangs committing a crime BEFORE it happens

  • London’s Metropolitan Police tested system by Accenture for 20 weeks
  • Software analyses a person’s criminal history and posts on social media
  • Data is combined to assess how likely it is for them to commit a crime
  • Police analysed data about gang members across a four year period
  • They would not disclose exact criteria on which criminals were scored
  • Big Brother Watch has asked for more information to be made public

Gang members who are more likely to commit violent crimes can now be identified by police using Minority Report-style software.

London’s Metropolitan Police have tested a system that analyses a person’s criminal history and posts on social media to assess how likely it is for them to commit a crime.

The 20-week pilot study, which is the first of its kind in the UK, combined data from different crime reporting and crime intelligence systems used by the Met.

‘You’ve got limited police resources and you need to target them efficiently,’ Muz Janoowalla, head of public safety analytics at Accenture told the BBC.

‘What this does is tell you who are the highest risk individuals that you should target your limited resources against.’

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The mindreading software that can listen to the ‘voices in your head’

Mind-boggling! Science creates computer that can decode your thoughts and put them into words
Technology could offer lifeline for stroke victims and people hit by degenerative diseases
In the study, a computer analyzed brain activity and reproduced words that people were hearing
By Tamara Cohen
UPDATED: 00:49 EST, 1 February 2012
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It sounds like the stuff of science fiction dreams - or nightmares.
Scientists believe they have found a way to read our minds, using a computer program that can decode brain activity in our brains and put it into words.
They say it could offer a lifeline to those whose speech has been affected by stroke or degenerative disease, but many will be concerned about the implications of a technique that can eavesdrop on thoughts and reproduce them.
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Scientific breakthrough: An X-ray CT scan of the head of one of the volunteers, showing electrodes distributed over the brain's temporal lobe, where sounds are processed
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California scientists believe they have found a way to read our minds, using a computer program that can decode brain activity in our brains that creates the ‘voice in our head’and put it into words.

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