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NEWS ABOUT: facial recognition technology

facial recognition technology stories: 5 news summaries

Brain Looks Beyond Eyes to Recognize Faces: Scientists

New research shows that eyebrows, noses are key to distinguishing people

Jan 19, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Want to make yourself hard to recognize? Get a nose job and shave your eyebrows, say facial-recognition experts, who have yet to fully understand—or agree upon—how we “see” or “read” faces. Psychologists and neuroscientists, fueled by the need to quickly and correctly identify people in the... More »

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intelligence • homeland security • brain • cognitive science • academic research • security system • scientific breakthroughs • identification • facial recognition technology

 Tech Tools Gauge 
 Politicians' Spin 

Technology analyzes speech, voice and facial expressions to help researchers read politicians' lips

Sep 18, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to know if John McCain and Barack Obama are stretching the truth? Speech, voice, and facial recognition technology is helping researchers determine just that, New Scientist reports. Analyzing words from 150 speeches from the presidential election, one researcher found that Obama used much higher “levels of spin” than... More »

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presidential politics • facial recognition technology • voice recognition

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US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

'Bush would do what they are doing here in a heartbeat if he could,' expert says

Jun 2, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free Tibet protests 3 months ago allowed China to road-test a new security network before the summer Olympics, Naomi Klein writes in Rolling Stone. Under the so-called “Golden Shield,” China is now installing closed-circuit cameras nationwide linked to facial recognition and other biometric software—technology from big-name US... More »

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China • War on Terror • homeland security • domestic surveillance • surveillance • Communism • police state • security cameras • facial recognition technology

 Machines Join Japanese 
 Anti-Smoking Effort 

Face-scanning system could help ensure buyers are of age

May 12, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - New face-scanning software may help Japanese vending machines decide who can buy cigarettes and who can't, Reuters reports. The system would look for wrinkles and saggy skin to identify customers over the legal smoking age of 20. As of July, vendors are on the hook for checking ID, and the... More »

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Japan • cigarettes • wrinkles • aging • vending machine • facial recognition technology • teen smoking

 UK Airports to Scan Faces 

Technology will match passengers' mugs to biometric passports

Apr 25, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - New facial recognition technology in which computers scan faces and match them to information encoded in biometric passports will be used at UK airports for the first time this summer, the Guardian reports. Authorities say the machines will outperform humans and improve security, but critics fear the technology will cause... More »

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terrorism • airport security • border security • facial recognition technology • false negatives • iris recognition • UK Border Agency • advance passenger information • Project Semaphore • Home Office

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