Smile! Someone Might Be Watching

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Surveillance cameras have always depended on human monitors to detect suspicious activity.

But new, smarter cameras using technology developed for battlefields and counterespionage could take over functions now performed by humans.

Sophisticated systems could, for example, sound an alarm if someone is running rather than walking to the exit, or a clerk leaves a cash register drawer open.

Boston Globe

* The engine that could: Few of today’s Internet surfers remember Gopher, which helped tame the Net as one of the earliest search engines.

The next generation of engines will really push the envelope. Using artificial intelligence, they learn about you — everything from your sex, age and profession to more nuanced information about your likes and dislikes. Then they deliver individualized results.

Orange County Register