Facial

PSA Peugeot Citroen has teamed up with EPFL to develop an emotion detection system designed to recognize signs of irritation and fatigue in a driver’s facial expressions (Photo: EPFL/j. Caillet)

Automotive

Tired? Angry? Your car knows how you feel

Ever experienced road rage? What if an onboard emotion detection system could tell that you were getting annoyed and intervene? PSA Peugeot Citroen has teamed up with EPFL to develop an emotion detection system designed to recognize signs of irritation and fatigue in a driver’s facial expressions.

Photographs often contain more information than we think (Photo: University of York)

Science

Facial recognition is in (the reflection of) the eye of the beholder

A study just carried out by Dr. Rob Jenkins of the University of York and Christie Kerr of the University of Glasgow, both in the UK, has found that the picture of a high-end camera is capable of seeing images reflected from the corneas of a subject being photographed.

The MegaFon pavilion for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia features a façade that produces 3D portraits of visitors (Image: Asif Khan)

Architecture

"Mount Rushmore" building morphs into human faces at Sochi Winter Olympics

Asif Khan's pavilion for telecoms company MegaFon features an interactive façade that will recreate the faces of visitors to the Winter Olympic park in Sochi, Russia. The building uses a "giant pin screen” to display 8-meter (26-foot) portraits in 3D.

USCD Jacobs researchers have developed an algorithm that uses computer vision to identify social groups

Computers

Can a computer identify your urban tribe?

Students from the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering are currently developing a computer algorithm which they hope will be able to deduce from an image whether you're a goth, surfer, hipster, or biker.

Software developed at MIT subtly alters photos to make faces either more (right) or less (left) memorable (Image: MIT CSAIL)

Science

Algorithm makes your face shots more memorable

Have you ever wanted your face to look more memorable? Well, software created by researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory can now make that happen – to photos of your face, that is.

City dwellers will soon by under the watchful gaze of digital ad hoardings (Photo: Shutterstock)

Robotics

Adverts with eyes know when you're watching ... and they're already here

OptimEyes is a system designed to be fitted to digital advertising hoardings in Europe to gauge just who is paying attention, tallying the number of possible viewers and comparing this figure with the actual number of viewers, as well as their age and gender.

Engineers and researchers at UT Arlington aim to develop a biomask that could revolutionize the way we treat severe facial burns

Health & Wellbeing

Mask stuffed with micro-components could work miracles for severe facial burn patients

A mask stuffed with micro-components could speed up the healing of facial burns.

A Harvard computer scientist has created a digital "face transplant" system, that could be used by amateur and low-budget film-makers (Images: Association for Computing Machinery)

Science

Digital face-swapping heading for low-budget film-making

A Harvard computer scientist has created a digital "face transplant" system, that could be used by amateur and low-budget film-makers.

Digital artist Arturo Castro has put together and demonstrated a video application that maps the faces of celebrities onto his own, in real time

Science

Bizarre real time face-substitution system demonstrated

Digital artist Arturo Castro has put together and demonstrated a video application that maps the faces of celebrities onto his own, in real time.

Researchers have created a computer algorithm that creates 3D models based on 2D images of faces (Image: CC)

Spy Gear

New tech creates 3D faces from 2D images

Researchers have created a computer algorithm that creates 3D models based on 2D images of faces.

The Hanvon CVJB-G107 Face Recognition Time Attendance System and Access Door Lock system can be easily programmed to recognize up to 500 faces to keep out intruders and unwanted guests. (Images: Chinavasion)

Electronics

Use your face to unlock the door

The Hanvon CVJB-G107 Face Recognition Time Attendance System and Access Door Lock system keeps out unwanted guests and could be the one accessory your high-tech home is missing.