Tesla is ‘checking up on drivers’ with new monitoring software

Autopilot uses cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radar to see and sense the environment around the car.  The sensor and camera suite provides drivers with an awareness of their surroundings that a driver alone would not otherwise have.  A powerful onboard computer processes these inputs in a matter of milliseconds to help what the company say … Read more

Health: Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for diseases

Smart CONTACT LENSES can improve your sight while monitoring for conditions including diabetes and strokes by measuring chemicals in tear fluid The new contact lens design comes from researchers from the UK, US and China It features a mesh sensor that measures light, temperature and glucose levels At the same time, the team said, it … Read more

Ministers ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring has ‘fallen apart’ during pandemic

Ministers are ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring how many foreigners are travelling to and from Britain has ‘fallen apart’ during Covid-19 pandemic Academics say there is no reliable data on how many migrants arrived last year  They also noted that an extra 1.25million people had ‘appeared’ in one survey Director of the Migration … Read more

Strictly bosses are ‘monitoring flirty contestants Maisie Smith and HRVY’

Strictly Come Dancing bosses are ‘monitoring flirty contestants Maisie Smith and HRVY after their Instagram exchanges spark concerns they could break guidelines’.  The EastEnders star, 19, and the YouTube sensation, 21, are understood to have been warned that they ‘could bring the other cast into risk if they break the guidelines and get closer’.  It … Read more

1,000 AI scanners are monitoring how close pedestrians are walking to each other

Big Brother is watching your social-distancing! Over 1,000 AI scanners are monitoring how close pedestrians are walking to each other on streets of London, Manchester and other major UK cities Manufacturers Vivacity said data is used by officials to ‘inform policy decisions’ Are now used to identify pedestrians from other traffic and work out distances  … Read more

Monitoring brainwaves overnight could help predict dementia, study suggests

A non-invasive sleep test may be able to help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults, a new study suggests. Researchers used a model to assess the difference between a person’s actual age and the biological age of their brain.  Dementia patients monitored in their sleep had much higher scores than non-dementia patients and showed … Read more

ACLU warns contact tracing apps monitoring spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks

ACLU warns contact tracing apps designed to monitor spread of COVID-19 could have ‘significant’ privacy risks if they do not have proper safeguards The ACLU says contact tracing apps will have to be made with privacy in mind It said that apps could have significant privacy risks if not designed properly Among other things the … Read more

MIT engineers develop new system for monitoring plant distress with microscopic nanotubes

Plants feel pain too! Chemical engineers at MIT develop system to monitor when plants are distressed by embedding microscopic nanotubes into their leaves Chemical engineers tested a monitoring system for damaged plant cells They inject microscopic nanotubes into cells and measure hydrogen peroxide Plant cells release hydrogen peroxide as part of a natural damage response … Read more

Foxconn expands employee monitoring efforts to screen for new coronavirus infection

Workers at Foxconn in China are screened with thermal cameras, given daily temperature checks, and must eat in individual lunch stalls as factories reopen with heightened coronavirus monitoring Foxconn has reopened many of its Chinese factories with rigorous surveillance  Workers are now assigned 20-person groups to minimize contact with others They’re given new face masks … Read more