{"id":3021,"date":"2014-12-15T11:47:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T16:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2014-12-15T11:47:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T16:47:57","slug":"cops-of-the-future-british-bobbies-get-a-sci-fi-makeover-uk-news-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Cops of the future? British bobbies get a sci-fi makeover | UK news | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2014\/dec\/15\/-sp-cops-future-british-bobbies-robocop-sci-fi-makeover\">Cops of the future? British bobbies get a sci-fi makeover | UK news | The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0px;\"><span class=\"drop-cap\" style=\"float: left; display: inline-block; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: 'Guardian Egyptian Web', 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 200; box-sizing: border-box; height: 3rem; padding-top: 0.0625rem; margin-right: 0.25rem; color: #951c55;\"><span class=\"drop-cap__inner\" style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 3.25rem; line-height: 2.5rem;\">H<\/span><\/span>ome Office researchers are looking into a range of sci-fi equipment that will transform British police officers into figures closer to\u00a0<a class=\" u-underline\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dcdcdc; -webkit-transition-property: border-color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.15s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-out; -webkit-transition-delay: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093870\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Robocop<\/a>\u00a0than Dixon of Dock Green.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0px;\">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).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0px;\">The glimpse into the future was contained in a presentation to companies by the director of the Home Office\u2019s Centre for Applied Science and Technology (Cast), which has been released following a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 0px;\"><a class=\" u-underline\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #005689; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dcdcdc; -webkit-transition-property: border-color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.15s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-out; -webkit-transition-delay: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techuk.org\/events\/briefing\/item\/1576-briefing-rob-coleman-director-cast\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"in-body-link\">Rob Coleman was speaking at an evening event behind closed doors in central London<\/a>\u00a0in July hosted by TechUK, an umbrella group for the tech industry. 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