Tag: FACIALRECOGNITION

Updated after the break. Internet intrigue! A CNN story by Mark Milian reported that Google is working on a facial-recognition app that would be deployed in a manner similar to Google Goggles -- snap a picture of someone's face, and it leads back to their Google profile, more or less. We were all about to scream, "GOOGLE TO DESTROY LAST VESTIGES OF PRIVACY (AGAIN)" when suddenly we saw all ...

Part of any prison guard's job involves breaking up fights or riots that invariably erupt when you put a bunch of convicts in close physical contact with each other. Defusing these spats can be a messy, and sometimes dangerous task, but it may be getting slightly easier, thanks to new computer vision systems that can automatically detect brewing violence from above. As the New York Times ...

Over the next few weeks, Facebook will be rolling out a new feature that brings facial recognition technology to the photo tagging process. Here's how it works: Whenever you upload a photo and want to tag a group of friends in it, Facebook will use facial recognition software to generate a list of suggestions, based on similar photos. If, for example, you upload a bunch of photos with the same ...

Engineers at the University of Washington are currently testing a new device that, if successful, could drastically alter the ways in which deaf and hearing-impaired people use cell phones to communicate. The tool, called MobileASL, uses compressed video signals and motion detection technology to discern American Sign Language, and then transmits images across cellular networks. So far, UW's team ...

Artist Julius von Bismarck has installed a massive, dynamic emoticon on top of a lighthouse as part of the Provinz exhibition currently on view in Linz, Austria. As part of his work 'Feel-o-Meter,' a clutch of cameras records the facial expressions of passersby, and, with the aid of computer software, determines whether or not most of them are smiling. That collective emotion is then translated ...

Facebook is one of the largest repositories of user-generated photos online. Many, it seems, dump every family snapshot and vacation photo into the site, but then must deal with the unpleasantness of tagging people who appear in the images. Sure, it's not a particularly difficult task, but drawing a box around each person, in each photo, and then typing their name can get pretty tedious. [Ed. ...

Few life experiences are more guaranteed to bring a smile to your face than plowing your way through a massive scoop of ice cream. But if you want to grab a frozen treat from a dispenser called the 'Share Happy,' you'd better start practicing your fake grin. Created for Unilever, the world's largest ice cream manufacturer, the Share Happy is, for all intents and purposes, the most moronic ...

If you blame your credit card for making it all too easy to unconsciously rack up piles of debt, just imagine the kinds of splurge purchases you'd make if you could pay with your face. FaceCash, the new mobile payment system from ThinkLink, is an app that allows users to store credit card and bank account information directly on their smartphones, enabling them to purchase groceries, clothes or ...

As any fan of 'The Wire' can tell you, clearly identifying criminal targets can be one of the most arduous tasks investigators face. Unlike Jimmy McNulty's Baltimore department, though, Brockton, Massachusetts police will soon be able to skip the whole wiretap, fiber-optics camera routine, thanks to a new iPhone app. The new system, called MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification ...

Share digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/03/31/abstract-cyber-warrior-makeup-may-hide-your-face-from-surveilla/'; Well, it appears the cyber punk movies of the early eighties ('Liquid Sky,' 'Jubilee,' even 'Blade Runner') got it right: in order to defend against our Big Brother overlords, we are going to need to stylistically paint our faces in bizarre and senseless ways. For his ...

Imagine if just by getting a driver's license, you were entering yourself into an unofficial, virtual lineup that police would scour for suspects. Well, if you live in North Carolina, that scenario is already reality. Created by the FBI, a current test program uses facial recognition technology to compare photos of suspects with the state's drivers' license database. According to USA Today, the ...

If Indiana police's charges are true, George Helms collected identification cards like baseball cards. When it came to his alleged identity-theft scam, Helms seemed to be a careful man, but he didn't account for a new software program when he walked into the Hobart, Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). According to CBS2 Chicago, police arrested Helms, who had filed paperwork and taken a photo ...

Based on its current balance sheets, Sony Ericsson, Sony's "mobile device" brand, is struggling to stay alive in a world full of iPhones and BlackBerrys. This, among other things, is going to mean going back to the technological drawing board. And if the company can make good on its most recent patent, it may just be on to something. "Generating music playlist based on facial expression," is ...

Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you lost 50 pounds? How about with a different hairstyle? We recently sat down with Dr. Parham Aarabi, president of face visualization company Modiface, who showed us some of the more interesting uses of his company's high-tech algorithms. Modiface grew out of face recognition technology developed at the University of Toronto. The technology ...

Sometimes it seems like the worlds of science and marketing are in a constant struggle to present us with the future described in science fiction. Whether its flying cars, the OS from Minority Report, or robots that play "rock, paper, scissors," the old saw is true: you can't fight progress. And now it looks like Yahoo Japan has jumped into the fray, with a little help from Comel, a Japanese ...