Tag Archives: facial recognition

Scotland Yard Using Facial Recognition To Find Rioters – But Tech Isn’t Up To The Task

There are more than a million CCTV cameras in London, and it’s time for them to start paying off. The [...]

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If You’re Happy and You Know It—FACEBOOK WILL DETECT IT

Does the internet know when you’re smiling? That’s a rhetorical question. Of course it can. Face.com, makers of a top [...]

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“Minority Report” Scanners Are Coming: Company Snags $15 Million For Long-Range Facial Recognition Tech

Ever heard of a company called Digital Signal Corporation? Neither had I. Well, remember the movie “Minority Report,” how cameras [...]

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Nao Robot Develops Emotions, Learns To Interact With Humans

Science fiction has taught me to fear and respect robots with emotions. Now scientists are teaching robots to fear and [...]

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New API Takes Facial Recognition From Facebook and Puts It Everywhere

Face.com, the company responsible for Facebook applications Photo Tagger and Photo Finder, lets you take any photo and quickly identify [...]

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New Study Shows Your Ability To Recognize Faces is Genetic

Scientists at the University College of London, Harvard University, and elsewhere have discovered that not only is the part of [...]

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Facial Recognition Door Lock and Time Clock for Less than $500

Ditch the keys and throw away the time cards, now all you need is your face. Wholesale electronics giant Chinavision [...]

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Disturbingly Real Replicants from Hanson Robotics

If Disney’s Hall of Presidents upset you, if Chuck E. Cheese and his friends frighten you, if the TV show [...]

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