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dr tech

Google Maps Palestine row: why neutrality in tech is an impossible dream | Leigh Alexan... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...maps-palestine-neutrality-tech

google google maps palestine neutrality globalisation ITGS peopleandmachines control

shared by dr tech on 13 Aug 16 - Cached
  • dr tech on 13 Aug 16
     
    "Imagine if it would have more of an impact for Palestine to be recognised as a sovereign country by Google than by the UN. It's a suggestion that's caught fire - a five-month-old online petition demanding Palestine be labeled and bordered in Google Maps has gained more than 250,000 signatures just over the past few days."
dr tech

Zebedee scanner lets police build 3D maps of crime scenes in minutes | Technology | the... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...er-police-3d-maps-crime-scenes

ITGS scanner police technology 3D

shared by dr tech on 15 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 15 Feb 14
     
    "The handheld Zebedee scanner, developed by the CSIRO, uses a powerful laser to sweep an environment and create a 3D map accurate to the centimetre. The scanner had already been used and was saving police "many thousands of hours in investigation", Queensland police commissioner Ian Stewart said at the device's official launch on Friday."
dr tech

When data gets creepy: the secrets we don't realise we're giving away | Technology | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...reepy-secrets-were-giving-away

data creepy ITGS secrets anonymity privacy

shared by dr tech on 06 Dec 14 - Cached
  • dr tech on 06 Dec 14
     
    "Creepy grabs all this geo-location data and puts pins on a map for you. Most of the time, you probably remember to get the privacy settings right. But if you get it wrong just once - maybe the first time you used a new app, maybe before your friend showed you how to change the settings - Creepy will find it, and your home is marked on a map"
dr tech

Interactive Map: The Top Surveillance Cities Worldwide - 0 views

www.visualcapitalist.com/-surveillance-cities-worldwide

ITGS AI surveillance cctv privacy and anonymity

shared by dr tech on 03 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Jan 21
     
    "Since the world's first CCTV camera was installed in Germany in 1942, the number of surveillance cameras around the world has grown immensely. In fact, it only took us 79 years to go from one camera to nearly one billion of these devices. In the above interactive graphic, Surfshark maps out how prevalent CCTV surveillance cameras are in the world's 130 most populous cities. "
dr tech

Facial Recognition World Map - Full Size - 0 views

www.visualcapitalist.com/...ition-World-Map-Full-Size.html

ITGS facial recognition globalisation and cultural diversity privacy control politics and government

shared by dr tech on 08 Sep 20 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 08 Sep 20
     
    Some great stats on the map...
immapotaeto

How Google Maps uses DeepMind's AI tools to predict your arrival time - The V... - 0 views

www.theverge.com/...a-ai-machine-learning-deepmind

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shared by immapotaeto on 18 Oct 20 - No Cached
  • immapotaeto on 18 Oct 20
     
    "The models work by dividing maps into what Google calls "supersegments" "
dr tech

blind inventor creates 'smart cane' that uses google maps to navigate blind people - 0 views

www.designboom.com/...s-visually-impaired-09-12-2019

ITGS blind inventor google google maps equality of access sensor

shared by dr tech on 12 Sep 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 12 Sep 19
     
    "the weWALK cane consists of an electronic handle with a regular 'analog' white cane that is inserted into the bottom. it uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect any obstacles above chest level and warns the user via a vibrating handle."
dr tech

Brazil and India Lead the Way in Everyday Use of Biometrics | Singularity Hub - 0 views

singularityhub.com/...-in-everyday-use-of-biometrics

ITGS biometrics security authenticity

shared by dr tech on 31 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 31 Aug 13
     
    "For now, the cost and difficulty of stealing fingerprints or maps of palm veins in any usable format keep most fraudsters away. But as biometrics serve as a guardhouse for more money and other valuables, the systems will become more appealing targets. That means that research into anti-spoofing safeguards will be a critically important factor in the mainstream adoption of biometric systems, according to Ross."
dr tech

3D Printer Bot Creates Perfect Replicas of Classic Paintings | Urbanist - 0 views

weburbanist.com/...-replicas-of-classic-paintings

printer perfect replicas authenticity ITGS 3D

shared by dr tech on 13 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 13 Oct 13
     
    "The 3-D imaging method used to create the prints yields an enormous depth map while also capturing exact color. The resulting print has a resolution of 50 microns, easily fooling the average observer into thinking it's an original."
dr tech

SociBot: the 'social robot' that knows how you feel | Art and design | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-robot-that-knows-how-you-feel

social robot ITGS peopleandmachines ai

shared by dr tech on 12 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 12 Apr 14
     
    "While capable of mimicking others, the SociBot's slightly sinister side comes from the fact that it is also watching you. Equipped with two cameras in its head and a depth sensor in its chest, it can detect gestures and movements, as well as judge your emotions by mapping the position of your features over a series of internal templates."
dr tech

Predicting crime, LAPD-style | Cities | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ysis-algorithm-minority-report

google crime ITGS data mining algorithm prediction simulation model

shared by dr tech on 27 Jun 14 - Cached
  • dr tech on 27 Jun 14
     
    "The algorithm at play is performing what's commonly referred to as predictive policing. Using years - and sometimes decades - worth of crime reports, the algorithm analyses the data to identify areas with high probabilities for certain types of crime, placing little red boxes on maps of the city that are streamed into patrol cars."
dr tech

Want To Plant One Billion Trees In A Single Year? Try Drones.  | GOOD - 0 views

magazine.good.is/...ing-to-plant-one-billion-trees

ITGS trees peopleandmachines drones system

shared by dr tech on 23 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 23 Apr 15
     
    "First, the drones engage in aerial mapping to create detailed three-dimensional terrain models. They then begin "precision planting" by shooting seed pods that have been "pregerminated and covered in a nutritious hydrogel" into the soil. Finally, drones monitor tree growth over the course of a number of "planting audits," designed to track the reforrestation progress. "
dr tech

WhatsApp offers lifeline for Syrian refugees on journey across Europe - 0 views

mashable.com/...rians-europe-whatsapp-refugees

ITGS refugees journey europe peopleandmachines globalisation equalityofaccess

shared by dr tech on 04 Jul 15 - Cached
  • dr tech on 04 Jul 15
     
    "Many hope to reach the economically stable countries in northern Europe, and use WhatsApp's messaging system as a virtual road map to help them navigate their journey. They stick to groups of their countrymen, connecting through friends of friends. Unlike some other ways of communicating, WhatsApp is free, and only requires that the user have access to the internet."
jamandham

Project Tango: hands-on with Google's virtual reality experiment (Wired UK) - 0 views

www.wired.co.uk/...google-project-tango-hands-on

ITGS privacy

shared by jamandham on 20 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • jamandham on 20 Sep 15
     
    Project Tango is a prototype tablet that British developers made so that people can easily 3D map areas. I could see this as a privacy issue, do you?
dr tech

UK Privacy Activist Claims Google Maps Is Illegal | Techdirt - 0 views

techdirt.com/...0126324195.shtml

google evil maps streetview ITGS

shared by dr tech on 26 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Yet, in London, as soon as you drive into the city, your license place is photographed and run through image processors to find out who you are. The moment you enter the city the government has you on camera until you leave. They monitor 24/7/365,
    • dr tech
      dr tech on 26 Mar 09
       
      Great point from this commenter...
  • dr tech on 26 Mar 09
     
    Shake and Bake - google streetview in the UK - so much great news...
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