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Photos: The happy robot sat-nav
Photo The robot will use facial recognition technology to detect a driver's facial expression and use that information to decide what emotion it communicates, drawing on a range of responses such as this sad... [11 Nov 2009]
Four Key Elements of Effective Business Communication
White Paper We communicate through gestures, body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice as well as through the words we speak. We communicate all the time, even when we are not aware of it. Add to this mix: language;... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The software simulates bone and muscle structure and then links their movements to different emotions, creating millions of facial expressions, posture, body positions. The brightest new companies in the UK's Silicon... [24 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up You worked hard for three years in university, coding and debugging, learning the fundamentals of algorithms, data structures and interface design while the Arts students mucked about in the sunshine with frisbees, drank bottles of cheap... [04 Sep 2009]
Mobile Biometric Identification
White Paper Yet deploying cost-effective portable devices with the ability to capture biometric identifiers - such as fingerprints and facial images - is only part of the solution. Adding a wireless dimension to Biometric... [15 Aug 2009]
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 different people... [10 Aug 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News Spending on the wider ID cards project was revealed in the IPS accounts, which showed the IPS spent £85.1m on developing tech for the National Identity Scheme, which includes tech to support both ID cards and second generation biometric... [23 Jul 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 frustration of... [17 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News In April, IBM was awarded the contract to administer the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) database, which will hold identifying information such as facial images and fingerprints. This contract will provide a... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The cost of providing ID cards and biometric passports over the next 10 years has been reduced to £5bn on the basis that people would scan their fingerprints and facial photographs in high street outlets, which also... [08 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 that could change... [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 generation of biometric... [12 May 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News Under the plans customers will be able to use the high street outlets to scan their fingerprints and facial photographs that will be stored on microchips in the cards or biometric visas and the central National Identity... [06 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 recognition systems recording... [15 Apr 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National... [08 Apr 2009]
