Should you drop down dead while driving a train on the London Underground, the 'dead man's handle' will be released and bring the train to a halt. Cambridge University scientists have now come up with a much more sophisticated 'visual' system which could be a boon to helmsmen and mates on those long, night bridge watches, reports Peter O'Neill. Peter Robinson, Professor of Computer Technology, speaking exclusively to World Fishing at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, says they developed the system to 'mind read' what emotional and physical state people were in. Obvious applications are drivers nodding off at night on a motorway, for example.
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