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Chinese Researchers' 'Terror Cam' Could Scan Crowds, Looking for Stress
concertina226 (2447056) writes Scientists at China's Southwest University in Chongqing are working on a new type of camera that takes Big Brother to a whole new level – the camera is meant to detect highly stressed individuals so that police can catch them before they commit a crime. The camera makes use of hyperspectral imaging, i.e. a 'stress sensor' that measures the amount of oxygen in blood across visible areas of the body, such as the face. Chinese authorities are deeply concerned about the recent spate of deadly attacks occurring in public places, such as the mass stabbing attack by eight knife-wielding extremists in the city of Kunming, Yunnan in March, which left 29 civilians dead and over 140 others injured.
And before long they'll be labeling people as latent criminals and locking them up before they ever even commit a crime.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
People on the way to the dentist, or a job interview, or even a first date might get called in. At the same time Muslims take great pains to brutalise and desensitise their kids so they will be less likely to show stress.
'Terrorists' quickly discover that a few milligrams of clonazepam right before the big martyrdom operation is way less haram than getting shitfaced and at least as effective at masking anxiety. In other news, state security services are stretched thin in their new battle against 'cosmetics', a class of nefarious concealment powders and pigments specifically designed to mask the user's true facial state. On a happier note, authorities report that perps with anxiety disorders are much easier to interrogate than the other kind and credit a 58% increase in the number and detail of mostly-voluntary confessions to a new focus on these low resistance criminals...
Maybe China should stop being so shitty to its people.
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What is needed is more knife-control laws, or, as they're known in this country, "knife-safety" laws. It is self-evident that if the government were to take away everyone's knives, these kinds of incidents would cease.
You seem overly stressed, citizen.
There are people who says that there is a way to cheat the lie-detector - and I am wondering of there is a way to cheat this new hyperspectral imaging thing ?
Yea - it's called "being exactly the type of sociopath you would want stopped by this sort of thing."
See, a sociopath won't show stress before committing a crime, because they don't stress about such things; that sort of behavior is normal for them.
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The US has had this for a while. It wasn't much news for us, because we have legitimate terrorist concerns (they killed almost as many people as peanuts did back in 2001!).
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If you don't think the Amerikans are trying this already in secret, you're dumber than a bag of hammers.
Don't think that would work, as lie detectors are based off of heart rate and skin salinity (I think), whereas this camera operates by recording a persons "aura," for lack of a more scientific term.
Point being, a true sociopath, such as a religious fanatic, isn't going to show stress the way the authorities would expect them to. All this camera is going to catch are the people with high blood pressure, and those of us who get nervous around cops.
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