Tech identifies people through walls

In this edition of the worldwide wrap, MIT is developing a device that uses wireless signals to identify human figures through walls and the "hacktivist" collective Anonymous have vowed to release the names of about 1 000 Ku Klux Klan members.

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab is developing a device that uses wireless signals to identify human figures through walls.

Called RF-Capture, the technology "can trace a person's hand as he writes in the air and even distinguish between 15 different people through a wall with nearly 90% accuracy," said MIT.

MIT said the technology could have at least a few real-world applications. It could work in virtual reality video games, "allowing you to interact with a game from different rooms or even trigger distinct actions based on which hand you move."
Via: Ars Technica

The "hacktivist" collective Anonymous have vowed to release the names of "about 1 000" Ku Klux Klan members as part of an ongoing operation against the white supremacist group in the US.

The names were obtained after Anonymous gained access to a Klan twitter account, according to a tweet from the Operation KKK, as Anonymous have named the anti-Klan operation.
Via: The Guardian

Yamaha Motors has revealed it is developing a robot designed to ride any racing motorbike at high speeds.

The Japanese company unveiled a prototype at the Tokyo Motor Show.

At present it is reliant on human operators, but in time the firm plans to have the android make its own decisions about the best course and speed to achieve the best race time around a track.
Via: BBC

Nintendo Japan has announced Miitomo, its first smartphone game, due out in March 2016.

Aimed at people who are "reluctant to reveal things about themselves or talk to others", it's a social networking simulator built around a Mii avatar, prompting the user to communicate with other users' Miis.

Miitomo will be free-to-play, with a microtransaction system to allow users to buy add-ons. It's the first of five smartphone titles that Nintendo plans to release by March 2017.
Via: Kotaku

A police force has become the first in the country to speak to victims of crime using Skype instead of making a home visit.

Until now people living in Peterborough were offered a personal appointment with an officer when they dialled 101.

But under a new trial scheme they will be asked to attend a station or speak to officers over the phone or on Skype.
Via: Mirror

The first television advertisement campaign by Twitter has left some American viewers confused.

A selection of baseball-related tweets were featured in the ad, which was shown during the live coverage of baseball's season-ending World Series.

However, text appeared so quickly in the lively sequence that some took to the Web to express bewilderment.
Via: BBC