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- How Disney Uses Technology To Control Crowds In Their Theme Parks http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html?src=tptw 17 comments
- Current Advances in Crowd Control Technology http://www.alternet.org/world/151864/6_creepy_new_weapons_the_police_and_military_use_to_subdue_unarmed_people/?page=entire 16 comments technology
- Gigapixel Technology gives faces to those in a crowd. http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigapan-canucks-g7.html 14 comments technology
- New Technology Will Automatically Send You Video If You Show Up In A Crowd Shot On An MLB Broadcast | usatoday.com http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/new-app-video-of-when-you-were-on-baseball-broadcast-mlb-what-huh 8 comments baseball
- No Longer Just Another Face in the Crowd: Emerging Commercial Use of Facial Recognition Technology https://medium.com/homeland-security/no-longer-just-another-face-in-the-crowd-15e1c74fe24 2 comments privacy
- Chinese police have used facial recognition technology to locate and arrest a man who was among a crowd of 60,000 concert goers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43751276 17 comments technology
- ProtoExchange creates a decentralized manufacturing network by combining crowd-sourcing and 3D printing technologies. http://protoexchange.com/ 25 comments technology
- [Sky Sports] The Premier League hopes to introduce semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) before the end of this season; It also wants to see referees explaining VAR decisions to the crowd; the Premier League claims 66 out of 70 VAR interventions this season have been correct https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13303118/premier-league-reveals-plans-for-var-announcements-and-semi-automated-offside-in-matches 158 comments soccer
- Researchers used Wi-Fi signals to see through walls. Game-changing breakthrough? Or privacy nightmare waiting to happen? | The technology can be used for crowd analytics, augmenting smart spaces, and possibly even as a cyber attack vector https://www.techradar.com/pro/researchers-used-wi-fi-signals-to-see-through-walls-game-changing-breakthrough-or-privacy-nightmare-waiting-to-happen 3 comments technology
- Multiple regression analyses on global datasets finds renewables significantly more effective than nuclear at reducing CO2 emissions. The two competing technologies crowd each other out https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-020-00696-3 27 comments science
- Liverpool are exploring the use of German technology that could allow the partial re-opening of Anfield for supporters next season. The artificial intelligence system combines automated temperature and mask checks with computerised crowd management. Klopp has personally taken an interest. https://twitter.com/jamespearcelfc/status/1280516333709508608?s=21 27 comments soccer
- Gary Lineker: "It’s actually bloody clever this crowd noise technology. Instant cheers at goals, louder for home goals etc.. very smart and an improvement. Rather like a soundtrack in a movie: not entirely necessary but adds to the watching experience. Hope the Premier League adopt it. 👍🏻" https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1269288395341168640 111 comments soccer
- OK so Amit Shah has admitted in Parliament today that government is now using information with the govt (*cough* Aadhaar *cough*), linked it with face recognition technology and is able to identify people in a crowd. THIS is a huge HUGE admission. PS: Read the thread for more information. https://twitter.com/Memeghnad/status/1237737916664647685?s=20 104 comments india
- On Sunday, Sky Sports used their technology to silence Leeds fans who were chanting "Sky TV is f*cking sh*t". The broadcaster drowns out any chants it doesn't like by increasing the volume of neutral crowd noises. https://twitter.com/teamfa/status/1057948219836121088?s=09 15 comments soccer
- Facial recognition tech catches fugitive in huge crowd at Jacky Cheung Cantopop concert in China - Man arrested after he was identified by the technology among a crowd of about 50,000 at the event http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141387/facial-recognition-tech-catches-fugitive-among-huge-crowd-pop 199 comments worldnews
- Facial recognition tech catches fugitive in huge crowd at Jacky Cheung Cantopop concert in China - Man arrested after he was identified by the technology among a crowd of about 50,000 at the event http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141387/facial-recognition-tech-catches-fugitive-among-huge-crowd-pop 56 comments technology
- Power walking: How technology could harness energy from footsteps | The floors in crowded areas such as football stadiums or student hallways could one day be used to produce power, if a new method that converts energy from footsteps into usable electricity comes to fruition. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2474954/power-walking-technology-could-harness-energy-from-footsteps 12 comments science
- That Time the Super Bowl Secretly Used Facial Recognition Software on Fans: After the game, police said the technology had helped identify 19 individuals in the crowd who had outstanding warrants. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/that-time-the-super-bowl-secretly-used-facial-recognition-software-on-fans?trk_source=homepage-lede 462 comments technology
- "Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican who recently became the chair of a key congressional subcommittee on science and technology, didn't vaccinate most of his children, he told a crowd at his first town hall meeting last week." http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/02/barry-loudermilk-didnt-immunize-kids 5 comments nottheonion
- NATO, Russia hail joint test to detect bombers in crowds using series of sensors and microwave scanning technology to detect anomalies in molecular structures as commuters pass unaware. To be joint rollout over next 2 years. http://news.yahoo.com/nato-russia-hail-joint-test-detect-bombers-crowds-175508102.html;_ylt=awrtwf0lsxfstyaarilqtdmd 5 comments worldnews
- Freakonomics: "It's Crowded at the Top": Demand for knowledge workers plateaued in the year 2000, and only half of U.S. STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) graduates end up with a STEM job. http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/05/01/its-crowded-at-the-top-full-transcript/ 4 comments economy
- "Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God." http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/17/us-pope-idustre73g0fa20110417?sp=true 33 comments worldnews
- To the Drill Baby Drill Crowd: I thought all of you said that modern drilling technology didn't have the risk of oil spills and we should be drilling in Alaska and off the coast of FL? Take a look at Louisiana and go fuck yourselves. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-spill-follows-explosion-at-louisiana-oil-rig-2010-04-25?reflink=mw_news_stmp 14 comments reddit.com