Eighteen Amish children – who mysteriously died over the course of 15 years – had all inherited a faulty gene from the same ancestor, a new report has found. Mutation of the RYR2 gene found in the heart muscle caused the organ to suddenly stop in the otherwise healthy boys and girls who were running about … Read more
Spanish car manufacturer Seat is working on technology to track a driver’s eyes and spot signs of drowsiness. The firm has partnered with an Israeli firm that has built an algorithm than scrutinises a driver’s eye openness, angle of vision, blink rate and head position. Eyesight Technologies uses cameras and sensors and combines this with … Read more
The Metropolitan Police is beginning operational use of facial recognition technology across London. It follows a number of trials of the cameras, which have been criticised by human rights campaigners as a risk to privacy. Here’s how the technology works, and why it has proved so controversial. – How does it work? Live facial recognition … Read more