Minority Report is becoming more fact than fantasy with the F.A.S.T. program being developed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Future Attribute Screening Technologies – formerly known as ‘Project Hostile Intent’ – is bringing the realm of detecting pre-crime to life.
“We’re still very early on in this research, but it is looking very promising,” says spokesman John Verrico. “We are running at about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception.”
With those kind of numbers to work with, you can be sure that this kind of detection system will be coming soon rather than some time far off in the future.
