Sunday, October 2, 2011

Drones Are Getting "Smarter"

Building a 'Soft Biometric' Profile Progeny Systems Corporation via Danger Room

Army Tracking Plan: Drones That Never Forget a Face -- The Danger Room

Perhaps the idea of spy drones already makes your nervous. Maybe you’re uncomfortable with the notion of an unblinking, robotic eye in the sky that can watch your every move. If so, you may want to click away now. Because if the Army has its way, drones won’t just be able to look at what you do. They’ll be able to recognize your face — and track you, based on how you look. If the military machines assemble enough information, they might just be able to peer into your heart.

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Update: Army Developing Drones That Can Recognize Your Face From a Distance -- Popular Science

My Comment:
This is probably one of the reasons why Bin Laden never (or rarely) left his compound in Pakistan. He was probably afraid that he would be spotted and tracked by such surveillance platforms.

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