Border ascendency means are already using self - inspection and repair kiosks to manage the crowd of external traveller entering their countries , but a high - tech character of kiosk in development can do more than just scan passports . The AVATAR — which stands for Automated Virtual Agent for Truth assessment in Real - Time — can find traveller trying to lie their way through usage , allot toVocativ .
The ego - service stall , make by the National Center for Border Security and Immigration at the University of Arizona in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security [ PDF ] , scan traveler ' passports and ask the kinds of questions pose by human agent , such as “ Do you have any yield or vegetables ? ” detector can identify torso pool cue like facial look , vocal tic , pupil dilation — and even cues that human agents ca n’t see , like cardiorespiratory data — which could point that the individual is lying and should be subject to additional masking . They can even see that you ’re curl your toes , according to apress statementfrom AVATAR researcher Aaron Elkins of San Diego State University , a prof who study misrepresentation .
The kiosks can be programmed to display several practical agents , choosing from a woman or a man and a stern or a well-disposed face . They can be configured to question in several languages .
AVATAR has been test in a number of experiment in the European Union and North America , let in a pilot program in Nogales , Arizona , in which it screened rider in the Trusted Traveler programme for suspicious or unusual behavior .
" incarnation has been try out in lab , in airports , and at border crossing post , " Elkins said in the insistence spill . " The system is in full ready for implementation to help halt the menstruum of contraband , thwart fleeing criminals , and discover potential terrorists and many other applications programme in the sweat to secure international borders . " However , not all simple machine built to discover Lie are accurate — polygraph tests are for the most part useless at sussing out dishonesty , according to many psychologist — so there are good deal of grounds to proceed cautiously with this kind of technology .
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