Picture the future, where driving is a thing of the past. You can hop in your car or one from a ride-share, buckle up and tell the car where you want to go. During your ride, you c... Read more
NEC Corporation today announced the development of a “Person Re-identification Technology” that is capable of matching images of people whose figures are partially hidd... Read more
As smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart devices become more prevalent in our lives, computer scientists have raised concerns that these network-enabled devices, if not p... Read more
Modern cell phones are vulnerable to attacks from rogue cellular transmitters called IMSI-catchers — surveillance devices that can precisely locate mobile phones, eavesdrop on conv... Read more
Surveillance has become so ubiquitous that it appears likely that Russia was caught in the act conspiring to fix the 2016 United States presidential election, and at least one of h... Read more
Cornell University researchers are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around, and if necessary, interpret what they see. This would all... Read more
Using the power of the light around us, Dartmouth College researchers have significantly improved their innovative light-sensing system that tracks a person’s behavior contin... Read more
Developed by computer scientists at Brown, the new software could help web developers to optimize content and make websites more user-friendly. New software created by Brown Univer... Read more
We’ve talked a lot about the ethical and programming problems currently facing those designing self driving cars. Some are less complicated, such as how to program cars to be... Read more
China’s proposal is like a credit score that could encompass your entire life, from work performance to Internet activity. China’s proposals for a “social credit... Read more
Unseen areas are troublesome for police and first responders: Rooms can harbor dangerous gunmen, while collapsed buildings can conceal survivors. Now Bounce Imaging, founded by an... Read more
In the wake of the revelations that intelligence agencies have been engaged in mass surveillance activities, both industry and society at large are looking for practicable encrypti... Read more
One of the consolations of spending far too much time online is that you get to witness the birth of new ideas and new terms, along with new uses of existing ones. On Medium, Chris... Read more
It’s not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars. Cameras record our world... Read more
Robots created by a team working at the University of California, Santa Barbara are able to look through solid walls using just Wi-Fi signals. With potential applications in search... Read more
