System Designed to Detect “hostile thoughts” in People
Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth on Sep 25 2008 at 10:00 am | Filed under: Feature Article, The War on Terror
Tests prove that new US Department of Homeland Security system designed to detect “hostile thoughts” in people walking through border posts, airports and public places — is a success — meaning, it works. Right out of the Twilight Zone my friends.
Project Hostile Intent was the original name of the project but is has since been changed to Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST), is aimed to help security staff choose who to pull over for a gently probing interview, or worse.
The idea is that ‘sensors could spot people up to no good from their pulse rate, breathing, skin temperature, or fleeting facial expressions. One likened it to the “pre-crime” units that predict criminal behavior in the movie Minority Report.’ Well, we all know how well that worked out.
At an equestrian centre in Maryland, 140 paid volunteers walked through a pair of trailers kitted out with a battery of FAST sensors, including cameras, infrared heat sensors and an eyesafe laser radar, called a Bio-Lidar, that measures pulse and breathing rate from a distance.
Some subjects were told to act shifty, be evasive, deceptive and hostile. And many were detected. “We’re still very early on in this research, but it is looking very promising,” says DHS science spokesman John Verrico. “We are running at about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception.” (Short Sharp Science, and New Scientist)
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