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Surveillance drones can now spot violent attacks as they happen

By Abigail Beall

7 June 2018

Thousands of people at a festival

Drones could keep an eye on festival goers of the future

David Jensen.PA

A new drone surveillance system can spot when someone in a crowd is acting violently. It uses artificial intelligence and is going to be tested at a university festival in India later this year.

The system assesses the way each person in a crowd is standing via two cameras on the drone. Currently it can recognise punching, stabbing, shooting, kicking and strangling.

However, once the technology goes on sale, whoever buys it will be able to input their own definition of a violent act, says Amarjot…

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