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UK, the worlds most surveilled state, begins using automated face recognition to catch criminals
2014-07-17 14:03:39| Extremetech
Police in the UK have become one of the first major police forces to deploy automated facial recognition technology to catch criminals. The British police will be using NEC's NeoFace technology, which can match faces from crime scene photos or videos against a database of images in just a few seconds. Combined with the highest density of CCTV cameras of any country in the world, police body-worn cameras that are constantly recording, and a CSI-like smartphone and tablet app that allows for face and fingerprint matching in the field, it is rather hard to be a criminal in the UK nowadays.
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Fincantieri begins construction on Regent Seven Seas cruise ship
2014-07-17 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has started construction work on a super-luxury cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, at Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard, Italy.
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Royal Australian Navys HMAS Anzac begins harbour acceptance trials
2014-07-16 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Royal Australian Navy's Anzac-class frigate, HMAS Anzac, is set to start its harbour acceptance trials phase of its anti-ship missile defence (ASMD) upgrade.
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Construction Begins on Largest Carbon Capture Project in the World
2014-07-15 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Here`s a head-scratcher: Over a million of tons of carbon dioxide a year will be captured from a coal plant near Houston, Texas. Then that captured carbon will be used to get more fossil fuels out of the ground, specifically from an old oilfield that`s been in use since the 1930s. Construction has begun on the Petra Nova Project, which the U.S. Department of Energy is calling "the first commercial-scale post-combustion carbon capture retrofit project in the U.S." The carbon capture will take place...
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Refloating operation of Costa Concordia begins in Italy
2014-07-15 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The refloating operation of the wrecked Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, has begun making it the biggest ever maritime salvage attempt.
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