Thermal Imaging Lie Detector In Development

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @11:40AM from the he-winked,-get-the-cuffs dept.

beaverdownunder writes with this quote from the BBC: "A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerized system uses a simple video camera, a high-resolution thermal imaging sensor and a suite of algorithms. ... It successfully discriminates between truth and lies in about two-thirds of cases, said lead researcher Professor Hassan Ugail from Bradford University. ... We give our emotions away in our eye movements, dilated pupils, biting or pressing together our lips, wrinkling our noses, breathing heavily, swallowing, blinking and facial asymmetry. And these are just the visible signs seen by the camera. Even swelling blood vessels around our eyes betray us, and the thermal sensor spots them too."

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So... by Black+Parrot · 2011-09-13 12:06 · Score: 5, Funny

It successfully discriminates between truth and lies in about two-thirds of cases
Does that mean you might be found 2/3 guilty of a crime, or will they roll a die and send you to prison on 1-4 ?

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Re:Pinocchio syndrome by PPH · 2011-09-13 12:34 · Score: 5, Funny

She sat on my face and asked me to lie to her. Honest.

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