If you’re a regular traveler through Dubai International Airport, you may have noticed 
something new at the gates: discreet biometric cameras quietly tracking passenger 
movement through immigration and boarding. So how exactly does this technology 
work? Where is it being used? And what does it mean for the future of air travel?
We speak with the company behind the tech, Chris Rous, VP of Middle East and Africa 
for EMEA Airports & Borders at Amadeus.

We also ask: where is our data going? Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence and 
Data Science Dr. Ikram Rehman has the answers.

Abu Dhabi is set to get an emirate-wide vertiport system, laying the groundwork for 
air taxis to become part of everyday life. We get details from the Abu Dhabi 
Investment Office, the body leading this futuristic rollout through its SAVI cluster.

What happened to all the water on Mars? It’s one of the biggest mysteries in planetary 
science and now, new research from NYU Abu Dhabi is offering some fresh insight.

And we analyse how the ancient city of Venice has stood for centuries on marshy, 
unstable ground.

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