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Dubai Police Use Futuristic Technology To Read Murder Suspect’s Mind

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6 years ago

February 5, 2021

dubai police use futuristic technology to read murder suspect's mind

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A recently solved murder case in Dubai shows that science fiction movies have become a reality. Instead of traditional methods, the Dubai Police solved the case using a new technology developed by Brainwave Science, Inc, which makes it possible to literary read the minds of crime suspects.

This technology is called iCognative, but those familiar with it often call it “memory print” or “brain fingerprinting.” The science behind it is fairly easy to understand. When the human brain recognizes a known object, image, or piece of information, it involuntarily emits the so-called P300 wave.

The P300 wave is an event-related brain potential that can be measured using electroencephalography (EEG), and that’s exactly what iCognative does.

“We used the technology in a murder at a warehouse. Experts showed [the workers] pictures related to the crime, which only the person who committed it would know,” said Lt Colonel Mohammad Al Hammadi, Director of Criminology for Dubai Police. “After the session, the [brain mapping] device helped identify the main suspect who then admitted to having committed the murder.”

Lt Colonel Mohammad Al Hammadi has confirmed that the Dubai Police will continue using iCognative when solving future crimes. Other law enforcement agencies around the globe are also trialing the technology, while others, such as India’s police force, have been using it for years.

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The technique for the detection of concealed information with event-related brain potentials was pioneered by American neuroscientist Lawrence A. Farwell, who described its potential for lie detection in his 2012 research paper.

If you would like to see a real convicted murderer, Steven Avery, be brain fingerprinted by Lawrence A. Farwell, you can watch the second season of Netflix’s “Making of a Murderer“. If this isn’t good use of science fiction, then I don’t know what is.

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Qatar Folds 45 State Companies Into A Single Investment Platform

Doha Investment names AI, manufacturing and healthcare among its priorities – and pitches a state-owned vehicle as a boost for private enterprise.

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2 days ago

September 22, 2026

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qatar folds 45 state companies into a single investment platform

The Qatar Investment Authority has spent two decades deploying Qatari wealth at home and abroad, and now its domestic holdings have a vehicle of their own.

Qatar has placed 45 state-owned companies under a new platform, Doha Investment, as it seeks to accelerate its next phase of economic growth. Wholly owned by the QIA, the platform will run the sovereign wealth fund’s domestic portfolio under its own mandate and board, with artificial intelligence, advanced technology, manufacturing and healthcare among its priorities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced the plans on Sunday at a special edition of the Qatar Economic Forum in New York. “Through this platform, we aim to expand the role of the private sector in driving Qatar’s economic growth,” he said, adding that it would also deepen capital markets and bring in new international capital and expertise.

The companies operate across more than 80 markets and include Qatar Airways, QNB, Ooredoo, Qatari Diar, Katara Hospitality and Hassad Food. Together they span finance, transport and logistics, telecoms and technology, real estate, hospitality, food and agriculture. Aside from those familiar national names, other companies the platform will target include those operating in advanced technology, manufacturing, supply chains and healthcare.

Qai, Qatar’s national AI platform, set up to support the deployment of AI across businesses and wider society, is also included in the portfolio.

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Sheikh Faisal bin Thani Al Thani, the minister of commerce and industry, will serve as managing director and vice-chairman. He described the step as a consolidation rather than a new creation, one under consideration for more than a decade. “Strong economies are built company by company,” he said. “Doha Investment will be an active, long-term partner to the businesses in its portfolio, working alongside management teams to unlock new sources of value and support their growth and competitiveness in the region and internationally”.

The platform forms part of Qatar’s Third National Development Strategy, which aims to make the private sector a primary driver of a more sustainable and diversified economy. The QIA manages about $580 billion in assets, according to Global SWF.