Facial Recognition
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A new study from MIT and Stanford University researchers has found that three commercial facial analysis programs demonstrated significant error rates determining the gender of any subject that wasn’t white and male.
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Another year, another iPhone update purporting to "revolutionize" the smartphone game. The big new thing in this round of updates is the replacement of fingerprint access with a new facial recognition system. It's undoubtedly a high-tech addition, but is it anything more than a gimmick?
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An upcoming tria could see passengers sail through the boarding process without needing to break out their passports, or their paper or digital boarding passes. JetBlue is to use facial recognition technology to validate passenger identities at the departure gate.
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As more drones crowd into the airspace, we’re going to need measures to keep them from crashing into each other. Researchers are teaching drones a few simple rules to help them avoid collisions on their own.
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On the Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung included not one, not two, but three biometric ways to unlock your phone: the fingerprint sensor, iris scanner and face recognition. Samsung touted the latter as a faster and more convenient alternative to iris scans. But it didn't mention how easy it was to trick.
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Conservationists work to save Madagascar's embattled lemur population have a new tool at their disposal, in the form of facial recognition software that can help identify individual lemurs and inform long-term conservation strategies.
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Imagine a pill-dispensing, health-focused version of Amazon Echo, and you'll get an idea of what Pillo is designed to be. Utilizing facial and voice recognition software, the internet-connected device can reportedly recognize multiple family members on sight.
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ScienceWhile we're not conscious of it, when you're looking at someone making a facial expression, there's a whole part of our brains that deals with decoding what you're seeing. Now, researchers have successfully pinpointed the part of the brain that makes those calculations.
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In some ways, selfie-snapping drones seem a natural progression from outstretched arms and ever-lengthening selfie sticks. Roam-e is the latest drone to take aim at self-portraiture, and armed with facial recognition technology it is promised to always keep you in the frame.
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It's important to know how much pain young hospital patients are experiencing. That's why scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed facial pattern recognition software that objectively assesses children's pain levels based on consistent indicators.
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We've already seen experimental "white canes" that allow blind users to get a sense of their surroundings via ultrasound and lasers. The XploR mobility cane, however, uses its onboard electronics towards another end – to help users locate people that they know.
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We've all become used to facial recognition technology helping us to tag our friends in photos online. There may be times, however, that you don't want to be recognized like this. With that in mind, security firm AVG has unveiled a prototype pair of glasses that combat facial recognition systems.