Cops of the future? British bobbies get a sci-fi makeover | UK news | The Guardian.
Home Office researchers are looking into a range of sci-fi equipment that will transform British police officers into figures closer to Robocop than Dixon of Dock Green.
Innovations on the Home Office wishlist includes a robotic exoskeleton to take the load off weary legs, a range of wearable computers including Google Glass-type spectacles and body armour made from graphene (the novel material that earned its discoverers a Nobel prize in 2010).
The glimpse into the future was contained in a presentation to companies by the director of the Home Office’s Centre for Applied Science and Technology (Cast), which has been released following a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian.
Rob Coleman was speaking at an evening event behind closed doors in central London in July hosted by TechUK, an umbrella group for the tech industry. While a list of the companies that attended the meeting has not been made public, TechUK’s membership ranges from small firms through to major players including Apple, Google and BAE Systems.
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