Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects
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Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects
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#2Remarkably close form factor to Glass, but definitely not something Google would be participating in. Glass Enterprise Edition is much sleeker, this has a much more boxed-off front. Looks like they may be using the same projector-style display as Glass, but it's covered so that an onlooker can't see if it's displaying anything or not.
Fairly thick tether cable, seems thicker than you'd need for just power, unlikely it operates standalone. Could be like a USB-C cable, maybe, to run all the power, display, and camera data to another unit on her person?
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#3I get why human rights orgs would want to speak against this technology, from a Western philosophy and law perspective.
China does not have the same philosophical or legal lineage. They will have to find out on their own whether the cons outweigh the pros.
Theoretically, if the system is not corrupted by misinformation (false or incomplete information), it has the potential to keep the streets free of wanted criminals --which is a noble goal. The question is whether keeping criminals off the streets will trample on innocent people's rights and if so whether the general Chinese public would accept that deal.
That said, I can see this technology also taking off in some public areas in the West --ports of entry, for example.
I also think human rights orgs also are concerned that China might show enough effective use of the tech that states outside Asia will want to at least trial it out.
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#4>the newest use of facial recognition technology that has drawn concerns among human rights groups
why are they getting up in arms about this? networked cameras with facial recognition have been around for years. what's so different about mounting it on a police officer's head?
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#5Remarkably close form factor to Glass, but definitely not something Google would be participating in. Glass Enterprise Edition is much sleeker, this has a much more boxed-off front. Looks like they may be using the same projector-style display as Glass, but it's covered so that an onlooker can't see if it's displaying anything or not. Fairly thick tether cable, seems thicker than you'd need for just power, unlikely i…
Notice that the smart glasses tech is improving fast. Intel recently showcased a very convincing (according to a reporter) prototype called "Vaunt". One advantage is that it looks basically like a normal pair of glasses.
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#6Rob Lake's comment is pretty spot on (I'm taking the liberty to repost w/o his authorization):
""The app brings up the suspect’s vital information, including name, ethnicity, gender and address." Presumably version 2 of the app will also pop up the person's social credit score."
That being said, this will definitely come to the west sooner or later. I mean, doesn't London already have cameras at every street corner for instance ?
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#7Like Bitcoin, this type of technology will be used for good and bad. How can we use this to our advantage?
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#8Remarkably close form factor to Glass, but definitely not something Google would be participating in. Glass Enterprise Edition is much sleeker, this has a much more boxed-off front. Looks like they may be using the same projector-style display as Glass, but it's covered so that an onlooker can't see if it's displaying anything or not. Fairly thick tether cable, seems thicker than you'd need for just power, unlikely i…
Notice that the smart glasses tech is improving fast. Intel recently showcased a very convincing (according to a reporter) prototype called "Vaunt". One advantage is that it looks basically like a normal pair of glasses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnfwClgheF0
I did see Vaunt! For someone who already wears prescription lenses, that looks fantastic. (And the camera was never a key perk of my Glass unit to me.) The biggest thing right now for me, is what software I can run on it, and how much control I have over that software.
I've been fiddling with a Vufine, which I can connect to pretty much any HDMI feed. Very cool, though it's a fair bit larger and bulkier than the state of the art.
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#9I get why human rights orgs would want to speak against this technology, from a Western philosophy and law perspective. China does not have the same philosophical or legal lineage. They will have to find out on their own whether the cons outweigh the pros. Theoretically, if the system is not corrupted by misinformation (false or incomplete information), it has the potential to keep the streets free of wanted criminal…
Do you believe that the will of the Chinese Government is representative of the will of the Chinese citizenry?
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#10>the newest use of facial recognition technology that has drawn concerns among human rights groups why are they getting up in arms about this? networked cameras with facial recognition have been around for years. what's so different about mounting it on a police officer's head?
> what's so different about mounting it on a police officer's head?
I'm not even mad at the implementation in general, the article implies that the officer first identifies a suspicious person and then engages the technology to make an identification. However, it's probably due to the fact that China is a country where your religion can get you arrested or kidnapped by the state.. so, it's still unsettling.