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As part of stringent measures to increase airport security, US authorities may use an Israeli-made mind-reading scanner that allegedly predicts whether a passenger is a potential threat or not.
The Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) and the Homeland Security are considering the installment of a controversial mind-reading system that was recently developed by the Israeli-based WeCU Technologies, in all American airports.
The device, which functions by blending high computer technology and behavioral psychology, is essentially designed to "get inside the evildoers head" without the subject's knowledge and prevent him or her from placing the lives of fellow travelers in jeopardy.
According to WeCU Technologies CEO, Ehud Givon, people cannot help reacting mechanically to recognizable images which suddenly appear in unfamiliar places.
With that in mind, the system aims to project images onto airport screens, such as symbols affiliated with a terrorist group or signs only a terrorist would recognize.
Givon said while the WeCU system would use humans to do some of the observing, it would rely largely on concealed cameras or covert biometric sensors that can distinguish a rise in body temperature and heart rate, however slight it may be.
"One by one, you can screen out from the flow of people those with specific malicious intent," Givon claimed.
The controversial device has sparked an outcry among civil rights groups, who argue that a system that combs through your brain to look for evil intentions is "Orwellian" and akin to "brain fingerprinting."
The groups note that the US should not follow in Israeli footsteps with regards to Airport security.
The US is already subjected to widespread controversy over the appliance of full body scanners, which according to critics, are in violation of child protection laws as well as the right of travelers to privacy.
http://www.i*!*!*!*!ech.co.il/0310ar4.htmThe Israel High Tech & Investment Report is a monthly subscriber insider newsletter written and published in Israel.
Its independently prepared contents mirror Israel's activities in applied research and development ...and whose current focus is on its rapidly growing electronics and medical industry sectors.
While giving ample coverage to Israeli companies on Wall Street, the report has established an important niche by pinpointing "leaving from the cocoon" emerging growth companies.
Some of these companies, (like CheckPoint and Comverse) which were featured many years ago in the pages of the IHTIR, have since become world leaders in their respective fields.
Each month the report carries original material in the form of interviews, company analysis, and editorials, while giving coverage of news of the public companies on Wall Street and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The country's world class multimedia, software, and Internet industries are a continuous feature of the newsletter.
Readership includes the international media, governments, corporations, venture capitalists and financial institutions in Israel and around the world.
The report is now in its 18th year of publication.
I find this to be funny:
As part of stringent measures to increase airport security, US authorities may use an Israeli-made mind-reading scanner that allegedly predicts whether a passenger is a potential threat or not.
The Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) and the Homeland Security are considering the installment of a controversial mind-reading system that was recently developed by the Israeli-based WeCU Technologies, in all American airports.
The device, which functions by blending high computer technology and behavioral psychology, is essentially designed to "get inside the evildoers head" without the subject's knowledge and prevent him or her from placing the lives of fellow travelers in jeopardy.
According to WeCU Technologies CEO, Ehud Givon, people cannot help reacting mechanically to recognizable images which suddenly appear in unfamiliar places.
With that in mind, the system aims to project images onto airport screens, such as symbols affiliated with a terrorist group or signs only a terrorist would recognize.
Givon said while the WeCU system would use humans to do some of the observing, it would rely largely on concealed cameras or covert biometric sensors that can distinguish a rise in body temperature and heart rate, however slight it may be.
"One by one, you can screen out from the flow of people those with specific malicious intent," Givon claimed.
The controversial device has sparked an outcry among civil rights groups, who argue that a system that combs through your brain to look for evil intentions is "Orwellian" and akin to "brain fingerprinting."
The groups note that the US should not follow in Israeli footsteps with regards to Airport security.
The US is already subjected to widespread controversy over the appliance of full body scanners, which according to critics, are in violation of child protection laws as well as the right of travelers to privacy.
http://www.i*!*!*!*!ech.co.il/0310ar4.htmThe Israel High Tech & Investment Report is a monthly subscriber insider newsletter written and published in Israel.
Its independently prepared contents mirror Israel's activities in applied research and development ...and whose current focus is on its rapidly growing electronics and medical industry sectors.
While giving ample coverage to Israeli companies on Wall Street, the report has established an important niche by pinpointing "leaving from the cocoon" emerging growth companies.
Some of these companies, (like CheckPoint and Comverse) which were featured many years ago in the pages of the IHTIR, have since become world leaders in their respective fields.
Each month the report carries original material in the form of interviews, company analysis, and editorials, while giving coverage of news of the public companies on Wall Street and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The country's world class multimedia, software, and Internet industries are a continuous feature of the newsletter.
Readership includes the international media, governments, corporations, venture capitalists and financial institutions in Israel and around the world.
The report is now in its 18th year of publication.
