Monthly Archives: June 2014

Jun 25
2014

Stealth Hoodie – Convenient Face Shield

In modern-day news footage of riots we are used to seeing people wearing hoodies, dark glasses and scarves to conceal their appearance. Not the most elegant solution. This is the new way for anyone to quickly shift from casual, ordinary … Continue reading

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Jun 23
2014

Google Buys SkyBox – Armchair Spying Coming Soon!

It is rare for Google to buy an informational product that doesn’t end up free for the public to use… (The second video is of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai) Google has agreed to buy satellite start-up Skybox Imaging … Continue reading

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Jun 19
2014

DNA Reveals Facial Features

Until now DNA has help solved crimes by matching samples found at the scene with those taken from a suspect. In some cases DNA has been used to determine racial background and hair color. But now a big leap has … Continue reading

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Jun 13
2014

The Dangers of Machine Learning

So have we worked out how to replicate human thinking? Far from it. Instead, the founding vision has taken a radically different form. AI is all around you, and its success is down to big data and statistics: making complex … Continue reading

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