US Government fights terrorists with Wii News
Wii News by Tom Bramwell
US Homeland Security is funding a new screening project that makes use of commercially available sensors to measure things like your heart rate and body temperature - and one of the components, for now at least, is a Wii balance board.
According to a CNN report (thanks Kotaku), researchers are using the balance board to observe how a person's weight shifts.
"Studies are now under way to determine whether there is a level of fidgeting that would suggest the need for secondary screening." Brilliant.
The overall technology also uses sensors for heart rate, breathing, eye movement and things like that, and is known as FAST - Future Attribute Screening Technology.
Its masters envisage it being used to speed up security screening at places like stadiums and airports.
The good news is that according to the man in charge of the project, none of this is an invasion of privacy, because we're not being asked anything, just observed from a distance. So that's alright then. Move along.
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Alterego-X
08/10/09 @ 08:55
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"Big Brother is getting closer every day."
Just wait until there will be cameras on your TV... |
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The good news is that according to the man in charge of the project, none of this is an invasion of privacy, because we're not being asked anything, just observed from a distance.
So if they film you from a distance while having a sh*t, it's ok too. No invasion of privacy. Not asked anything. Just observed from a distance. |
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muscleblade
08/10/09 @ 12:04
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"Big Brother is getting closer every day."
Its for our own safety. All the crazy human monsters lurking out there make this happen. |
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Is this for real?
I mean seriously. You stand anyone still for more than a minute and they'll fidget. It's like dunking witches and claiming that the ones that don't float are innocent! Edit: Hopefully the witch comment doesn't give them further terrorist testing ideas!
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Is this news article a bit like those "PS2 powerful enough for military supercomputers" ones?
:-D
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cobaltfram
08/10/09 @ 17:11
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Wow--I have no idea how this will work at all, except that it worries me.
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YourMessageHere
09/10/09 @ 19:10
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Putting the idiocies of measuring levels of fidgeting aside, what possible use is knowing my heart rate, breathing rate and eye movements for airport or stadium security? Have studies shown that terrorists have asthma, cardiac arhythmia and a lazy eye?
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