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Sara "Scout" Sinclair Brody

23/09/2014

Friendly Online Security Tools

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The online security initiative making security software more user-friendly

User Friendly Online Security Tools; Emotion Recognition; Satellite Surveys in Kenya; Flow Machines

How do we make security software easy to use? There is software available to punters online to build up security but it is often difficult for the lay person to implement. Simply Secure is a new initiative, supported by a number of tech companies to work with open source developers and designers to provide more user-friendly tools. Click hears from Sara Sinclair Brody, the Director of Simply Secure.

Emotion Recognition 
Scientists in Germany have adapted emotion recognition technology for use with Google Glass. Jens-Uwe Garbas, from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, joins Click to discuss the pros and cons of technology that will enable the wearer to determine the emotional state of the person they are looking at.

Satellite Surveys in Kenya 
In 2009, scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), based in Kenya, launched a new approach to insurance policies, using data from satellites. The project found it was possible to piggy-back on existing high-resolution satellite images that clearly show the state of forage availability on the ground. Since drought-related livestock mortality was the target, the ILRI team made use of the relationship between the amount of forage available for the livestock to eat, and their likelihood of death. Clare Kemp reports from Nairobi.

Flow Machines
Can computers make us more creative? Researchers at Sony have developed software that analyses the "style" of composers and musicians that will enable you to adapt them to your own style in music composition. The software "flow machines" will act as your musical companion/partner. Move over Lennon-McCartney, here come Lennon-Flow Machines. Click hears from the designers about this latest disruptive technology which could revolutionise the way we listen to music.

(Photo: Sara "Scout" Sinclair Brody ©Simply Secure)

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