Police in China start wearing facial-recognition glasses

Police in China have have a new weapon with which to fight crime and capture criminals. Surveillance in China means the authorities know pretty much everything about you whenever you appear on camera. Now police there have a new weapon with which to fight crime and capture criminals: high-tech glasses that allow for facial recognition at the push of a button. As the Hong Kong Free Press reports, in the city of Zhengzhou, four police officers have started wearing these glasses when patrolling the city's east station. There is a camera mounted above the left eye and the glasses are linked to a smartphone-like handheld device.