Tag archive: facial recognition technology

The London riots have taken the country by storm. Yesterday we reported that BlackBerry Messenger had become the communicator du jour of the protesters, who were taking advantage of the private texting application and its encryption features to stay a step ahead of authorities. This isn’t the first mass demonstration whose participants have utilized technology to aid their cause. Movements in Egypt, Libya, and Syria were among those that took to… Read More

U.S. law enforcement agencies are planning on implementing a new mobile gadget that will be used to identify criminals. The new technology will snap onto the back of a smartphone and be able to search records based on a scan of a suspects' face or eyes. The accessory is called MORIS, an acronym which stands for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System. Officers use the special camera on MORIS and take a picture of a… Read More

Yesterday Facebook announced the international rollout of its face recognition feature for tagging photos. The tool was implemented for North American users way back in December, at which point people went through the obligatory Facebook-privacy scare phase. Compared to some of the site’s other updates, however, the fallout was mild. But now that Facebook face recognition has made its way overseas, it’s time for a renewed round of outrage. Why… Read More

Just yesterday, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt was saying that the company wouldn't be developing a facial recognition database. Now, a patent has been published by the USPTO entitled: “Automatically Mining Person Models of Celebrities for Visual Search Applications”. The timing is bad considering all the negative press about Google lately. The Google engineers state in the celebrity facial recognition patent that, by feeding a… Read More

Getting a girl's phone number could soon be as easy as snapping a picture of her face — as long as she agrees to it first, of course. According to CNN, Google is currently working on a face recognition app for mobile devices that would allow users to access someone's contact information simply by taking their picture. That photo would then be used to identify other photographs of that person that connect to personal contact… Read More

In what must be an attempt to create a robotic Soup Nazi, Kraft has teamed with Intel to make a “Next Generation Meal Planning Solution,” which is fancy speak for a self-service Kraft vending machine that scans your face and determines which delicious Kraft food products you should eat. If you're as indecisive as I am, this is probably a dream come true.

A Konami title for the Nintendo 3DS, Loveplus, is a dating simulator that, in addition to being mildly creepy, will keep your virtual girlfriend from cheating on you. For the moment, the game is only being marketed to Japanese audiences, and allows players to try their romantic luck with a few ladies. After you lure one into your snares, the real fun begins: you “touch” her (with the help of the device’s touchpad), e-mail her, call her via the… Read More

Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing peripheral went on sale at 12:01 a.m. today for $150 (or bundled). While gamers everywhere are hooking it up to their Xbox 360s, the Internet is abuzz about the launch. We've gathered a few of the best stories. 5 million in Kinect sales this quarter Microsoft isn't spending $500 million on Kinect ads for nothing. Don Mattrick, Microsoft's president of Interactive Entertainment, told… Read More

Ever been frustrated in searching photographs using traditional search engines like Google or Yahoo or image sharing sites? Do you usually get a lot of unrelated images, or find your searching hindered by the (lack of) quality tagging used by other Internet users? Beginning in 2007, Swedish startup company Polar Rose wants to start making image searching easier by leveraging user input and facial recognition technology to accurately… Read More

The algorithm uses GIB (Geodesic Illumination Basis) descriptors as registered data, which is calculated from 3D facial data, enabling optimal description of various pose and illumination changes.This results in superior identification accuracy essential to real world application of facial recognition technology. The features of this technology, in comparison to NEC conventional models, are as follows: (1) NEC has… Read More