In the recent past, Humintell has blogged about the controversy surrounding head dressings and their use in court systems throughout the world. On Dec. 12th a Canadian court official, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, ruled that Muslim women must remove their face covering such as the burka or niqab before reciting the Canadian oath of citizenship.…
Read MoreAirport of the Future
With the holiday season upon us, visiting relatives and spending time with loved ones is on many people’s agendas, and the fastest way to do that is often by air. The EU recently announced that it will ban x-ray body scanners at airports. This was reported on last month by CNN. But don’t jump for…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: An Important Child’s Social Skill
Emotional Intelligence – the ability to manage one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions -, a term coined in 1990, is an extremely important social skill that is often either overlooked or under-recognized or both. Have you ever wondered, How…
Read MoreUpdate: Computers, Language & Lie Detectors
In a past blog “The Language of Language” Humintell noted that computer science professor and spoken language expert Dr. Julia Hirschberg was setting out to examine what people unconsciously communicate through things such as intonation, accent and phrasing. Now Dr. Hirschberg is teaching computers how to spot deception detection via programming them to parse speech…
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