UK councils are using artificial intelligence to detect traffic accidents by monitoring CCTV camera footage. The aim is for the AI to alert traffic operators about incidents in real time, allowing them to act quickly. This is one of the first uses of AI with public CCTV cameras to collect transport information in the UK, says Richard Cartwright of FlowX, a company working with the councils on the pilot schemes.

Not that long ago, we didn't think much about biometrics unless we were talking about criminals getting fingerprinted, or people unlocking doors with their eyes in sci-fi movies. Well, it's turning out the sci-fi applications might not be so far from the truth, and biometrics are becoming a big part of our everyday security. Behavioural biometrics are nothing new, but their potential for digital security still hasn't been fully tapped. Put simply, behavioural biometrics are methods of authentication based on behaviour -- what you do, versus your physical characteristics. The earliest form of these was the signature.