Algorithms · March 2016Gaffe level: Feral
China Started Building a Minority Report System for Predicting Terrorists
China tapped a defense contractor to build a big-data platform that flags citizens whose behavior deviates from the norm. Pre-crime went from sci-fi prop to procurement contract.
Source: Mic
AI Avatars Translate Speech Into Kenyan Sign Language in Real Time
Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia built Terp360, an AI platform that translates speech into Kenyan Sign Language in real time using 3D avatars, with more than 2,300 signs recorded alongside deaf Kenyans. It won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and the team has released an open dataset of nearly 12,000 sign-language motion sequences.
Source: The Eastleigh Voice