A telecommunications law academic in Australia has recommended for laws to be enacted criminalising the application of face recognition technology to visual images online that enable the ide... Read more
Joseph J. Atick frets that he may have abetted a technology that could upend the social order. Joseph J. Atick cased the floor of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in... Read more
She hopes to sell her tiny Botiful telepresence robot for just US$299. Telepresence robots are definitely a neat idea – they allow users not only to interact with people in remote locations,... Read more
The company plans to have it ready for clients by the next fiscal year. Japan’s Hitachi Kokusai Electric has developed a surveillance system that can automatically detect a face in either a... Read more
FACIAL recognition technology is a staple of sci-fi thrillers like “Minority Report.” But of bars in Chicago? SceneTap, a new app for smart phones, uses cameras with facial detection... Read more
Face recognition software of the kind incorporated into biometric identification tools, photo-gallery applications and social media websites can be very useful, but it also raises privacy co... Read more
We’ve seen a number of prototype and concept devices aimed at upgrading or even replacing the low-tech white cane and this latest example from Hebrew University – the Virtual Can... Read more
Image by AV-1 via Flickr Biometric systems — designed to automatically recognize individuals based on biological and behavioral traits such as fingerprints, palm prints, or voice or fa... Read more
Image via CrunchBase We’ve only recently come to terms with the fact that Windows 7 is the capable, stable OS we’ve been waiting for since XP, and already rumors about the functionality you... Read more