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Impact of emerging technologies (Artificial intelligence (AI) biometrics…
Impact of emerging technologies
Artificial intelligence (AI) biometrics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is computer systems that can simulate human intelligence (able to make decisions typically made by a human). Biometrics authentication is used as a form of identification which recognises individuals body parts. Biometrics uses unique characteristics of the human which means it can not be replicated by other people, for example, facial and voice recognition
Facial-recognition
Soft biometric changes
New systems use AI to recognise faces and cross-reference thesee attributes with corresponding images stored on the database
Fingerprint identification
Dynamic profiling
The system learns by using AI about a person's fingerprints on every scan, so the person does not have to worry about getting their finger in exactly the right place because the system learns from the different alignments and is still able to match the fingerprints to those stored on a database
Virtual reality
It is an artificial environment created by software where the user will normally wear a head mounted display which simulates their physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds, so the user gets a feeling of reality (the feeling of 'being there')
This technology is used in all of these areas:
Heritage
Business
Fashion
Real estate
Entertainment
Engineering
Healthcare
Sport
Education
Media
Military applications
Scientific visualisation
3-D and holographic imaging
Holography is a technology that allows 3-D images (holograms) to be produced
This technology involves the use of:
Interference of light
Light diffraction
A source of laser light
Light intensity recording
The hologram is produced by first splitting a laser beam. Half of the light (object beam) is reflected off the object on to a photographic plate. The other half of the light (reference beam) is reflected off a mirror and on to the same photographic plate. The holographic image is produced where the two light beams meet on the photographic plate
Holograms have several applications, such as:
Cinema
Gaming
Medical imaging
Advertising
Simulations
Holographic televisions (which are expected by around 2025, holographic televisions should give a full 3-D experience without the need for special glasses)
Architecture
Holographic computer memories
Engineering design
Optical computers
Computer-assisted translation (CAT)
Existing online language translators have a very limited use because there are some word or phrases that can have double meanings. Computer-assisted translation (CAT) is a type of language translator that uses specific software to help in the translation process. All CAT software needs some post-editing by the user to remove errors from the translation process. CAT is certainly more accurate than existing free online translators
In particular, CAT uses two tools:
Terminology databases
Linguistic databases that grow and 'learn' from translations being carried out
Translation memories
These automatically insert known translations for certain words, phrases or sentences
Robotics
It has been around for many years, mostly in the manufacturing industry, because no human intervention is required. However, there are areas manufacturing where robotics is evolving rapidly, so rapidly that we could see robots appearing in many areas of our lives in a relatively short time
Applications of robotics
Drones
which are unmanned flying devices that are used by the military and civilians.
The military have used drones in reconnaissance missions.
Civilian use drones for surveying the landscape in 3-D for use with GPS, investigating weather phenomena or search and rescue/fire fighting in natural disasters
Surgical procedures
. Surgeons use robotics equipped with a camera arm and several interactive mechanical arms. Robotic surgery allows surgeons to perform complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than standard surgical techniques
Vision enhancement
Vision Enhancement uses video technology which is projected to the user through the lens. The system can bring distant objects closer and into focus
Night vision enhancement (NVE)
amplifies infrared light and visible light so that an image can still be seen in darkness: the dim light source is captured and passed through an
image intensifer tube
, which converts the light into electrons that pass through another tube where they are amplified to produce several times the original number of electrons. A screen at the end of the tube is coated in phosphor dots that glow when electrons collide with them
Low-vision enhancement systems (LVES)
use video technology through a headset connected to a computer, which allows images to be projected inside the headset in front of the eyes
Quantum cryptography
Cryptography (often referred to as encryption) is the science of making a message unintelligible to any unauthorised user (hacker). But as computers become faster at number crunching, hackers are increasingly likely to decipher encrypted messages.
Quantum cryptography is based on the use of photons (light) and their physical quantum properties to produce a virtually unbreakable cryptography system. This technology relies on the fact that photons oscillate in various directions to produce a sequence of random bits across the optical network