Bringing a few headlines from the world beyond human capability:
Uber applies for patent to spot drunk passengers
Jun 2018, BBC News
Taxi app company Uber has applied for a patent to use artificial intelligence to determine how drunk potential passengers might be.
The app used to summon rides could also feed other information to the driver, including a passenger's location, how accurately they are typing and even the angle they are holding their phone at. [...]
Critics expressed concern that an app that could predict user behaviour could be used by drivers wishing to prey on vulnerable passengers.
Cyan colour hidden ingredient in sleep
Jun 2018, BBC News
The colour cyan - between green and blue - is a hidden factor in encouraging or preventing sleep, according to biologists.
University of Manchester researchers say higher levels of cyan keep people awake, while reducing cyan is associated with helping sleep.
The impact was felt even if colour changes were not visible to the eye. [...]
When people were exposed to more or less cyan, researchers were able to measure different levels of the sleep hormone melatonin in people's saliva.
Prof Rob Lucas said that it was not necessary for someone to be able to see the difference in colours, as the body reacted to the change even if it was not visible to the naked eye.
Adobe says it can identify manipulated images using AI
July 2018, BBC News
The company behind the photo-editing program Photoshop says it has developed a tool that can detect if an image has been tampered with. [...]
Existing verification tools can scan an image file's metadata - which contains information on when and where a photo was taken - for signs of mischief, and look for things like inconsistent lighting.
But such tests are easily defeated. [...]
"Each of these [manipulation] techniques tend to leave certain artefacts, such as strong contrast edges, deliberately smoothed areas, or different noise patterns," he notes. [Vlad Morariu, Adobe researcher]
image source: https://www.biosciencetechnology.com/article/2015/05/biodigital-human-exploring-health-3d
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