![]() ![]() Instead of relying on human-like psychics, however, the officers rely on a sophisticated computer program. It evaluates a wide range of factors – data on arrests, reported crime, probation, parole and even the weather – and then helps law enforcement identify patterns in crime as well as potential hotspots. "If you can identify what kinds of crimes are occurring in a location, what days they are occurring and what time frame they are occurring, you really do have a sense of where to put the police," said Richard Janikowski, director of the Center for Community Criminology and Research at the University of Memphis. The predictive analytics software, called CRUSH (for Criminal Reduction Utilizing Statistical History), is owned by IBM but has been adapted by the police department. IBM and the Memphis Police Department announced this month that, since the program started in 2006, crime in Memphis has dropped 30 percent overall and violent crime has declined about 15 percent. ![]() Janikowski said organization and leadership changes contributed to the decrease in crime, but the technology played a significant role. Next time you go to Japan, you might have your very own " Minority Report" moment. Japanese railway companies are trying digital billboards that can determine the gender and age of people looking at them and then show them customized advertisements.Īccording to the Agence-France Presse, a group of 11 companies launched a one-year pilot of these high-tech billboards last month. ![]()
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