November 2008 Cover
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By
Dawn Ivory
According to New Scientist, the US Department of Homeland Security is developing "Project Hostile," a crowd-scanning technology designed to detect "hostile thoughts" in people walking through border posts, airports and public places.
The sensors are supposed to spot would-be trouble-makers from their remotely-diagnosed pulse rate, breathing pattern and facial expressions. Once detected, such "pre-criminals" (along with those with heart murmurs, asthma and various stress disorders) would be reported to special pre-crime units for observation and tracking.
And you thought the movie Minority Report was dystopian science fiction...
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