As robotic police head out on the street of Dubai, we look at the technology that’s set to revolutionise law and order.
Visitors to Dubai’s busy shopping arcades may be surprised to find themselves under the protection of a humanoid police robot. Though it has no mouth, the expressionless bot communicates in Arabic and English, and helps tourists navigate the city, as well as connecting them directly with police services via a touchscreen.
Continue reading… “The robocops are here”
A promotion video shows an actor wearing LLVision facial recognition smart glasses during a demonstration at the company’s office in Beijing, China February 28, 2018.
Beijing police began testing facial-recognition glasses last week.
They appear to be similar to those first used by police in a Henan railway station last month.
Should governments start taxing robots as a way to prepare for a future of mass unemployment brought on by technology?
Continue reading… “Preparing for the economic impact of artificial intelligence”
China has pursued numerous commercial and infrastructure deals around the world in recent years. Critics see this as a Chinese effort to extent its influence abroad.
These financial maneuvers are a source of concern for many — including the head of the US Navy.
Venezuela launched the presale of its own cryptocurrency, the petro, today. There are currently 82 million tokens available, which the government plans to follow with an initial coin offering (ICO) launch in a month. It’s the world’s first sovereign cryptocurrency, built on the Ethereum blockchain and intended in part to save the country from wild inflation. The bolivar has reached quadruple-figure inflation recently, and one bolivar is currently worth 0.00004 USD.
Continue reading… “Venezuela’s own oil-backed cryptocurrency is available for presale today”
Rising prices are more of a threat to the global economy this year than joblessness, according to Bloomberg’s Misery Index, which sums inflation and unemployment outlooks for 66 economies.
Venezuela, South Africa seen as world’s unhappiest economies
Thailand, Singapore remain ‘least miserable’ in rankings
Continue reading… “These are the world’s most miserable economies”
Within a single year, illegal drone sightings in New York City have increased by 68 percent.
When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to establish the state’s first drone-testing corridor, this is probably not what he had in mind. New York City has seen an increase in illegal drone use of 68 percent from the first three quarters of 2016 compared with the same period in 2017.
Continue reading… “Illegal drone use over New York City is steeply rising”
By Deb Frey: City jobs will be lost to automation earlier than those in the wider job market, new research reveals.
The first wave of automation arriving in the next two to three years will hit financial and professional services hardest compared to other industries, according to the analysis of more than 200,000 jobs across 26 counties by PwC.
Continue reading… “Robots are coming for financial services jobs first”
Think that human augmentation is still decades away? Think again.
Continue reading… “World leaders just decided that the next step in AI is augmenting humans”
Railway police have begun using facial-recognition eyewear to catch criminals.
In tests the glasses identified faces within 100 milliseconds.
Continue reading… “Chinese police are using facial-recognition glasses to scan travelers”
I’ve been thinking about the connections between the rise of Bitcoin and the unraveling of the EU (Brexit), Spain (Catalan), the Middle East and presumably more countries and regions to come (what Juan Enriquez calls “Untied States” in his book of that name).
Continue reading… “Before and after the nation state”
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