Smart innovation by Dubai students can predict and prevent crimes

Crime fighting is one of the activities that have tremendously benefited from the Middle East's welcoming approach towards technology. The UAE has developed intelligent monitoring to spot traffic violations and mind fingerprinting devices have been deployed to read the truth from a suspect's brain waves. Artificial intelligence has also become central to the the Emirati law and order machinery's growth over past few years, and the authorities in Dubai recently caught an international narco kingpin using video analytics. Promising a future with more of such smart solutions for public security, students in Dubai have created a system that can predict a crime, spot a criminal and prevent offences. Backed by computer vision, the high-tech version of surveillance tools is equipped for facial recognition, and can also identify a person's emotional state to trigger preemptive action.