facial recognition
Gadgets
10:40PM Danny Allen | Sony Labs has demoed some advanced facial recognition that it’s researching for the PlayStation Eye. The system determines gender, knows where you’re facing, and even tracks mouth movement. And eventually, the tech will make its way into new PS3 games. More »
PlayStation Eye Research Paves Way For Auto Generated Avatars
10:40PM Danny Allen | Sony Labs has demoed some advanced facial recognition that it’s researching for the PlayStation Eye. The system determines gender, knows where you’re facing, and even tracks mouth movement. And eventually, the tech will make its way into new PS3 games. More » 
Games
PlayStation Eye Still Alive, Support For Facial Recognition Coming Soon
2:00AM Jack Loftus | The all-but-forgotten PlayStation Eye, not one to be outshined by its prototype, unnamed motion-sensing PlayStation controller brother, will soon support facial recognition. More »
Robots
10:16AM Nick Broughall | The only thing creepier than robots gaining the power to alter their facial expressions to demonstrate emotions is when the robot in question happens to be modelled on noted genius Albert Einstein. More »
Robot Einstein Still Learning To Smile
10:16AM Nick Broughall | The only thing creepier than robots gaining the power to alter their facial expressions to demonstrate emotions is when the robot in question happens to be modelled on noted genius Albert Einstein. More »
Software
Carnegie Mellon Demos the Power of Facial Recognition Using Star Trek: TOS
4:30AM Jack Loftus | Want to know how much screen time William Shatner commanded in Star Trek? Or how little Chekov received, for that matter? Carnegie Mellon has you covered, as it has “face mined” the entire series. More »
Press
The Unforeseen Downside of Using Your Head for Your Password
4:00AM Mark Wilson | Lenovo’s IdeaPad face recognition sounds like a good idea, that is, until someone abruptly minimises the password field. [Ads of the World via walyou] More »
Software
iPhoto’s Facial Recognition Feature Works on Cats
12:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | Apple recently showed off their new iPhoto’s facial recognition feature, but said it only can recognise human faces, not animals. MacLife tested it out and proved Apple wrong: iPhoto can tell kitties apart. [MacLife]
Robots
Team from UC San Diego Use Human Face as Remote-Control Unit
9:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | This is possibly the ultimate hack–turning your face into a remote control unit. A computer-science Ph.D student from UC San Diego can use his fizzog to speed up or slow down video, as part of a project that hopes to make robots better teachers using automated facial expression recognition. More »
Science
Robots That Can Read Your Facial Expression On The Way
2:40AM Adam Frucci | If robots are ever going to get to the point where they can interact with people, they’re going to have to figure out how to read someone’s face. If a robot can’t decode my expression, it totally won’t pick up on my biting sarcasm and will take everything I say at face value, and I don’t think I need to tell you what kind of hilarious misunderstandings can spring from that. More »
Software
Microsoft’s Patent Revolutionises Dating By Matching People With Celebrity Faces
8:00AM Jason Chen | That website where you upload a picture of yourself and it tells you which celebrities you look like is fun, but what if you could do the same thing in reverse? Microsoft’s latest image-based face search has just that application, allowing you to potentially upload a picture of a celebrity and find matches on dating sites depending on how close he or she looks to the shot you picked. That’s right, you can pick a date based on their likeness to Angelina Jolie or Evangeline Lilly. Plus, if you’re having a hard time getting over a breakup, you can pick a woman that looks as close to your ex as possible, ensuring that your relationship will be long and healthy. [Dialaphone] More »
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