Brazilian Police Debut 'RoboCop' Ex-Sight's Glasses Ahead of World Cup. Imagine if police could stand back from a raucous crowd and scan the pack for criminals, without ever having to question a suspect or put their troops in harm's way.

That's exactly what Brazilian police are hoping to do with new eyeglasses equipped with stealthy crime-fighting properties. Dubbed "RoboCop" glasses after the 1987 action film, the glasses are fitted with a tiny camera that scans up to 400 faces per second. It cross-checks those images against a database of criminals and terrorists, and flashes a small red light inside the glasses if a match comes up. Then the officer knows whom to home in on and whom to leave alone.


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Brazilian troops battle drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro last November. Brazilian security forces are testing new "RoboCop" glasses to scan crowds for known criminals.
"It's something discreet because you do not question the person or ask for documents. The computer does it," Maj. Leandro Pavani Agostini, chief of military police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo, told reporters Monday.

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