Algorithms · December 2021Gaffe level: Typo
Revealed: the software that studies your Facebook friends to predict who may commit a crime
Voyager Labs sells police software claiming to predict who will commit crimes by studying their social media connections. Experts call the claims snake oil, but departments keep buying it.
Source: The Guardian
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah