AggieDave 6 #1 January 21, 2004 This is interesting and scary all at the same time. Scary since I believe that personal privacy is important, interesting...well, it just is. http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20040116S0050 QuoteLie-detector glasses offer peek at future of security By R. Colin Johnson EE Times January 16, 2004 (2:05 p.m. ET) Portland, Ore. — It may not be long before you hear airport security screeners ask, "Do you plan on hijacking this plane?" A U.S. company using technology developed in Israel is pitching a lie detector small enough to fit in the eyeglasses of law enforcement officers, and its inventors say it can tell whether a passenger is a terrorist by analyzing his answer to that simple question in real-time. The technology, developed by mathematician Amir Lieberman at Nemesysco in Zuran, Israel, for military, insurance claim and law enforcement use, is being repackaged and retargeted for personal and corporate applications by V Entertainment (New York). "Our products were originally for law enforcement use — we get all our technology from Nemesys-co — but we need more development time [for that application]," said Dave Watson, chief operating officer of parent V LLC (www.vworldwide.com). "So we decided to come out sooner with consumer versions at CES." The company showed plain sunglasses outfitted with the technology at the 2004 International CES in Las Vegas earlier this month. The system used green, yellow and red color codes to indicate a "true," "maybe" or "false" response. At its CES booth, V Entertainment analyzed the voices of celebrities like Michael Jackson to determine whether they were lying. Besides lie detection, Watson said, the technology "can also measure for other emotions like anxiety, fear or even love." Indeed V Entertainment offers Pocket PC "love detector" software that can attach to a phone line or work from recorded tapes. It's available for download at www.v-entertainment.com. Instead of color-coded LEDs, a bar graph on the display indicates how much the caller to whom you are speaking "loves" you. V Entertainment claims the love detector has demonstrated 96 percent accuracy. A PC version is due next month. The heart of Nemesysco's security-oriented technology is a signal-processing engine that is said to use more than 8,000 algorithms each time it analyzes an incoming voice waveform. In this way it detects levels of various emotional states simultaneously from the pitch and speed of the voice. The law enforcement version achieved about 70 percent accuracy in laboratory trials, according to V Entertainment, and better than 90 percent accuracy against real criminal subjects at a beta test site at the U.S. Air Force's Rome Laboratories. "It is very different from the common polygraph, which measures changes in the body, such as heart rate," said Richard Parton, V's chief executive officer. "We work off the frequency range of voice patterns instead of changes in the body." The company said that a state police agency in the Midwest found the lie detector 89 percent accurate, compared with 83 percent for a traditional polygraph. The technology delivers not only a true/false reading, but a range of high-level parameters, such as "thinking level," which measures how much as subject has thought about an answer they give, and "SOS level," which assesses how badly a person doesn't want to talk about a subject. How it works Nemesysco's patented Poly-Layered Voice Analysis measures 18 parameters of speech in real-time for interrogators at police, military and secret-services agencies. According to Nemesysco, its accuracy as a lie detector has proven to be less important than its ability to more quickly pinpoint for interrogators where there are problems in a subject's story. Officers then can zero in much more quickly with their traditional interrogation techniques. V Entertainment is leveraging the concept to let consumers in on the truth telling, eyeing such applications as a lie detector that could be used while watching, say, the 2004 presidential debates on TV. Called Ex-Sense Pro, the V software measures voice for a variety of parameters including deception, excitement, stress, mental effort, concentration, hesitation, anger, love and lust. It works prerecorded, over the phone and live, the company said. V Entertainment recommends it for screening phone calls, checking the truthfulness of people with whom you deal or gauging romantic interest. The display can show each measured parameter in a separate window, with real-time traces of instantaneous measurements while flashing the overall for each parameter, such as "false probable," "high stress" and "SOS." Ultimately, the company plans to offer versions of its detectors for cell phones, dating services, teaching aids, toys and games. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #2 January 21, 2004 Wow, Dave...that would seriously put the brakes on corporate ass-kissing... How am I gonna tell my boss that he looks like he lost weight? Or that was a GREAT presentation? Or I am REALLY into this new corporate initiative??? Or my goal is ALWAYS company first, self second? Thanks a lot. Now I'm depressed. There goes my f'in career... ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #3 January 21, 2004 I can see it now; Immigration officer: "Are you associated with any terrorist organisation?" "Do you take any illegal drugs" "Ever drive drunk?" "Ever had, or wish you had, sexual relations with a minor?" "Do you intend to do any illegal base jumping while in this country?" "Do you have any anti-american sentiments in general?" And BAM! I'm either monitored strictly, arrested on the spot, deported back or simply sent straight to Gitmo, just in case... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 January 21, 2004 The science behind the product is sketchy at best. Like a polygraph, it's a much better tool for intimidation and tricking people into confessing their sins rather than actually being able to tell the "truth".quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #5 January 21, 2004 If it's based on voice stress analysis, it's bunk. Did you guys know that you can't be turned down for a job based on polygraph results alone? (at least in California law enforcement) That's what the psych is used for. It is primarily an intimidation tool, and people confess to the weirdest things when they are stressed by that gizmo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 January 21, 2004 Yeah! That's what I was saying!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 January 21, 2004 QuoteI can see it now; Immigration officer: "Are you associated with any terrorist organisation?" "Do you take any illegal drugs" "Ever drive drunk?" "Ever had, or wish you had, sexual relations with a minor?" "Do you intend to do any illegal base jumping while in this country?" "Do you have any anti-american sentiments in general?" And BAM! I'm either monitored strictly, arrested on the spot, deported back or simply sent straight to Gitmo, just in case... [Freudian Voice] I see, and which one of these attrocities do you worry about the most often . . . I see . . .[/Freudian Voice]I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #8 January 21, 2004 No fair dave your a faster farker than me!!!!!!!if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #9 January 21, 2004 Faster Farker and /. er.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #10 January 21, 2004 QuoteDid you guys know that you can't be turned down for a job based on polygraph results alone? (at least in California law enforcement) That's what the psych is used for. I understand that I'm going to have to take a polygraph test as part of obtaining "restricted security clearance" (I honestly have no idea what that even means yet) from the Department of Defense. I was kinda chuckling at the thought of someone as boring as myself being interrogated by the government. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3ringheathen 0 #11 January 21, 2004 Quote The technology is being repackaged and retargeted for personal and corporate applications by V Entertainment (New York). "Entertainment"? I'm not amused, nor entertained. When I was at the UW, I spent a lot of time doing literature searchs and summaries on any research related to lieing that I could find. There's a reason that lie detectors aren't generally admissable in court: They aren't all that accurate, and interpreting the results is somewhat subjective. I've long been disturbed by the amount of credibility and influence lie detector tests have in the court of public opinion. There are several clues in this article that suggest that this device is also bogus, but I'm not sure if that should make us more or less concerned. Below is one example: QuoteBesides lie detection, Watson said, the technology "can also measure for other emotions like anxiety, fear or even love... V Entertainment claims the love detector has demonstrated 96 percent accuracy." I'd be interested to know what their operative definition of "love" is. -Josh If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive. -Me* *Ron has accused me of plagiarizing this quote. He attributes it to Douglas Adams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #12 January 21, 2004 QuoteQuoteDid you guys know that you can't be turned down for a job based on polygraph results alone? (at least in California law enforcement) That's what the psych is used for. I understand that I'm going to have to take a polygraph test as part of obtaining "restricted security clearance" (I honestly have no idea what that even means yet) from the Department of Defense. I was kinda chuckling at the thought of someone as boring as myself being interrogated by the government. did you eve... nope have yo.. nope will... nope "dammit will you at least let us ask the question?" nope _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #13 January 21, 2004 Two words... THOUGHT POLICE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,174 #14 January 21, 2004 Whatever happened to the 5th Amendment?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #15 January 21, 2004 QuoteWhatever happened to the 5th Amendment? Same thing that's happened to 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, and 10. They're just a bunch of words on some old document. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
