介绍:
The halcyon days of cheating, an age sustained by passed notes and hurried whispers, appears to be coming to an end. These days, cheaters have replaced folded notes with James Bond-esque devices, from receivers hidden in coins to entire outfits fitted with wires. The commonality between these miniscule devices lies in that they often rely on radio signals, to communicate with a partner-in-crime in or out of the testing room.
Proctors have had to adapt. In the Chinese city of Luoyang, Henan Province, drones are now being deployed to search out these radio signals and report their locations to testing supervisors, state media reports. The anti-cheating drone was tested on May 29 for the upcoming college entrance exams that fall in June, in what officials said would be the most stringently watched test in history.
Quadrotors, popularized in recent years for their easy maneuverability and cheap pricing, have seen uses from taking far-out selfies to making Amazon deliveries -- though the Amazon dream has yet to see fruition. The anti-cheating drone, developed by Luoyang Radio Authority, has six wings, each with a propeller, and carries around something that looks like a basket. The drone is fitted with an electrocardiogram which can ferret out unusual radio signals. The corresponding fluctuations are shown as ripples on tablets, with which the staff controls the drones.
Cheating on the gaokao is taken very seriously in China, with some violators even facing criminal penalties. Officials are trying to use the anti-cheating drone to preemptively ward off would-be cheaters.
"Right here, we advise people with ulterior motives to as early as possible give up on trying to cheat in the examination through radio-related methods," an official said.
For Caixin online, this is Samuel Liu.
