Technology company Blueskeye AI is aiming to improve safety on board aircraft through facial analysing technology which can identify fatigue in pilots. The next phase project will cost £20,000 due to equipment (cameras and microcomputers) programming and analysis time (human resource costs) and rental of a small aircraft and its pilots for testing. By the end of March, the company expects to install a prototype in a two-seater aircraft. This will be used to collect data to inform any improvements, define functional requirements and pursue a larger scale test. Professor Michel Valstar, founding CEO of Blueskeye AI, spoke with Airport Technology about how the technology works and its benefits.

Josie can speak English and will assist customers for several weeks. Josie Pepper, a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence, will assist passengers at Munich Airport for several weeks. Josie, as she was named by the staff of Munich Airport and Lufthansa, will'welcome passengers and answer their questions about shops, restaurants and flight operations'. She speaks English and, standing at 120cm, can be spoken to by children or adults. Her presence in the non-public area of Terminal 2 is part of a test to determine whether the public would be comfortable with a robot offering them advice.