facial recognition
Cheat Sheet: Microsoft's Project Natal
Cheat Sheet And that's not all - Natal can also do voice and facial recognition, according to Microsoft, so you can command your system to shut down with a simple "goodbye" or swap players in a game simply by having... [10 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up The idea is by using full body motion capture and facial recognition, Natal means you can control games with your actions rather than having to rely on a controller (and it also means you won't face the... [17 Jul 2009]
Coming soon: Ads that know if you're male or female
News The technology uses sophisticated algorithms to differentiate facial features of men and women. Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has developed a gender-recognition system... [19 Jun 2009]
Biometric scanners to delve inside your brain
News Again the systems verified identity by checking brain and heart activity and facial and voice recognition, as well as the seat. Scanners that probe brain activity and heart rate are among the next... [12 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News And he has warned that the ID card data could easily be linked with other initiatives such as CCTV surveillance using automatic facial recognition and the use of automatic number plate... [15 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.04.09
Round-Up But if your face is covered with more than 25 per cent of facial hair, recognition errors may occur," the spoof pointed out. The tool claimed to allow users to perform frequent browsing operations with... [03 Apr 2009]
Voice Biometrics as a Natural and Cost-Effective Method of Authentication
White Paper In the past, voice biometrics took a back seat to other physical biometric methods of identification and verification, such as fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans, but new algorithms and more... [01 Apr 2009]
Half of Brits willing to give blood to prove identity
News F is for Facial recognition Despite the furore that has dogged the UK's ID card rollout, Brits appear to be in favour of using biometrics technology and even their blood in order to protect their... [19 Nov 2008]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News F is for Facial recognition The force is hoping to add photographs to the database to allow facial recognition from next year. Prints taken following an arrest in Monaco... [22 Oct 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News F is for Facial recognition Each ID card, expected to cost £30, will contain a chip holding a scan of a person's face and two of their fingerprints, which can be checked against a facial... [21 Oct 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News F is for Facial recognition Daugman, an expert on iris recognition, says fingerprints and facial photos are not distinctive enough to be able to tell the UK's... [26 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News F is for Facial recognition The card for foreign nationals will be pink and blue with the royal crest on the front and will hold eight pieces of information including two fingerprints and a scan of a... [25 Sep 2008]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News F is for Facial recognition First generation ePassports, introduced in the UK in 2006, typically hold only facial photo scans and ID information from the paper passport on a RFID chip.... [22 Sep 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News The facial recognition technology will be used to verify adult travellers with a UK or European chipped biometric passport by comparing scans with the digital photographs stored on their passports. If... [20 Aug 2008]
Microsoft previews research efforts
News Mundie also showed off during FAM a demo that combined a variety of natural-interface technologies - everything from facial recognition, to more spatial recognition. Microsoft has been... [29 Jul 2008]
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