BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Kevin MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year He cited the BBC1 drama Roadkill as an example of ‘partial’ broadcasting By Gareth … Read more
Roads bosses to crack down on tailgaters using new cameras which monitor gaps between vehicles The technology is being trialled on a stretch of motorway in the Midlands Devices have caught more than 26,000 drivers in two months, figures show The offence can lead to prosecution for driving without due care and attention By Tom … Read more
Coronavirus vaccine makers tightly controlled who was enrolled to their trials, their vaccine dosages, the timing of those doses and much more – but they did not monitor participants’ other behaviors, like mask-wearing, that affect infection risks. Trial participants were left to decide for themselves where and how often to wear masks and how to … Read more
Drones that shoot sensor-containing darts into trees in hard-to-reach jungles and woodlands could help scientists monitor changes to the climate and warn of forest fires The drones will deploy sensors already used by scientists to hard to reach areas The sensors will monitor for changes in the environment and animal movements This can then alert … Read more
Millions of people are being monitored for social distancing as part of a government-backed project secretly rolled out across Britain, the Mail can reveal. In what campaigners call a sign the country is heading to a ‘truly dark place’, at least 363 cameras originally installed to monitor traffic flow have been switched – without public … Read more
The Garda are back on the Irish border and carrying out checks on drivers after the highest-level lockdowns were imposed on both sides of the frontier. Officers have not carried out such stringent checks on drivers from Ulster since the days of the Troubles when the IRA moved guns and Semtex into the war-torn province. … Read more
While Apple has touted the Apple Watch’s heart-monitoring feature, experts say it may be sending users to the doctor unnecessarily. A new study finds that only about 10 percent of Apple Watch owners who went to a doctor after being alerted of an abnormal heart rate were diagnosed with a condition. False positives saddle consumers … Read more
Firefighter, 34, who suffers from blackouts gets a Bluetooth device implanted in chest allowing doctors to remotely monitor her heartbeat Sian Jones, 34, of Southampton, one of the first people in Europe to have the implant fitted The firefighter suffers injuries due to serious injuries sustained in a car crash The implant will send data … Read more
AI device for nursing homes can monitor elderly residents’ precise movements using radio waves and call for help if needed The device bounces radio waves around a room to look at objects and movement When it detects movement it bounces the signal back to the mounted sensor Artificial Intelligence analyses the data to create a … Read more
A new ‘cyborg-like’ technology has been developed to safely merge electronic devices with human tissue to better monitor health and track tumours. Scientists from the University of Delaware found a way to attach devices inside a human body by connecting it to tissue using a coating that is more energy efficient. Connecting electronics to tissue … Read more