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Picasa 3.5 adds facial recognition
News Picasa 3.5 for Windows and Mac, announced on Tuesday in a Google blog post, comes about a year after the company rolled out the same facial recognition on its Picasa Web Albums site. Along with facial recognition, the new version of the software...
[September 23, 2009, 16:15]
Face Value: Examining the Factors That Influence Successful Facial Recognition Technology Implementations
White Papers The myriad claims and counter-claims about the efficacy of facial recognition (FR) systems bewilders many people, even perhaps those in the biometrics technology community. This paper attempts to bring clarity to the topic, reconciling the...
[August 2, 2007, 0:23]
Mobile phones get facial recognition
News Mobile phones could soon be equipped with facial recognition technology, if some biometric sensor software launched by Japanese firm OMRON this week is commercially successful. Many have argued that facial recognition technology still produces too...
[March 1, 2005, 17:00]
Mobile phones get facial recognition
Talkback what about false negatives? do i have to take off my glasses to have my phone recognise me? what if I have a haircut, or i get a rash? Maybe fingerprinting would be a better option, as fingerprints are less likely to change, and could be a lot...
[March 1, 2005, 18:01]
Mobile phones get facial recognition
Talkback Great, now if you get disfigured in an accident, you can't call an ambulance! When this happens you will truly LOVE this "security" feature.
[March 1, 2005, 19:16]
eMedicine Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery
Downloads Designed for use by practicing physicians, academicians and residents to provide rapid answers to clinical questions This is a completely current reference volume consisting of 404 comprehensive, but concise, disease-specific review articles.
[February 23, 2006, 6:00]
Biometrics: A Look at Facial Recognition
White Papers Biometrics is used for human recognition which consists of identification and verification. The terms differ significantly. With identification, the biometric system asks and attempts to answer the question, "Who is X?
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Beauty Schedule
Downloads Forgot to go for facial, hair cutting, fitness dance .won't be happened again with Beauty Schedule V1.0. Facial, Hair, Gym and etc)(Note - point the total field to re-calculate the total amount inSchedule - Type screen) * Record individual...
[September 26, 2001, 8:00]
Face recognition 'fails to catch criminals'
News The Tampa Police Department in Florida this week ditched a controversial facial-recognition system, saying it had not helped them catch even one criminal. Tampa sparked a barrage of criticism when it launched the facial-recognition system two years...
[August 22, 2003, 10:20]
Japanese police tune biometrics for foreign suspects
News Japanese police have turned to Australian scientists to help develop facial-recognition technology capable of distinguishing between people of non-Japanese extraction. To help solve the problem, researchers at the National Research Institute of...
[June 20, 2003, 8:43]
ID cards unveiled in Queen's Speech
Talkback What is a facial scan? You know that people have facial reconstructive surgeries and face lifts more frequently now! What could not be changed beyond eyes which can also be damaged, and finger prints (my mother could not be properly fingerprinted...
[November 23, 2004, 19:27]
Downturn sees DVLA shelve biometrics project
News The Department for Transport has cancelled the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's purchase of a facial-recognition system for checking driving-licence applications. The introduction of the facial-recognition pilot scheme has been postponed, but...
[November 14, 2008, 6:30]
Airport trials face-scanning technology
News The UK Border Agency has started trials of facial-recognition technology to check passports at Manchester Airport. Gates equipped with facial-recognition scanning equipment are comparing the faces of UK and European passengers to their electronic...
[August 20, 2008, 10:52]
GeForce3 means good times for PC and Xbox gamers
News PC and console gamers were promised more impressive graphics than ever before, such as realistic facial movement and convincing metal, hair and fur effects, with the release of Nvidia's GeForce3 graphics processing unit (GPU) Tuesday.
[February 28, 2001, 15:05]
Full biometric ID scheme to reach the UK 'by 2009'
News E-passports with facial biometrics along with ID cards are set to hit the UK early next year and the Government also plans to include fingerprints in both by 2009, it was revealed at Biometrics 2005 in London on Thursday.
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
Biometrics to catch 'fake' asylum seekers
News The government is set to use digital images and facial recognition technology when screening asylum seekers in the UK in an attempt to further clamp down on fraudulent applications. A pre-tender document seen by silicon.com said the Home Office is...
[May 23, 2003, 15:52]
Online banks plan face-recognition trials
News Internet banks in the UK and Europe are set to trial facial recognition technology in the New Year that will authenticate customers from their home PC instead of passwords or PIN numbers. Participants in the trial will first 'enrol' their facial...
[December 12, 2003, 8:45]
Biometrics beyond borders
News The reliability of the technology has also created cause for concern, fingerprint and iris recognition technology have significant error rates and facial recognition is dependent upon lighting, position and expression, sparking fears that...
[October 25, 2005, 10:50]
Body Shop
Downloads Customize a Sim with tattoos, hair, clothing and more, including facial expressions editable in 50 ways. s skin tone, eye color, hairstyle, facial hair, makeup, clothes and more! s look through a wide range of facial types and sliders that will...
[June 3, 2005, 8:00]
Biometric passports win EU approval
News The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial characteristics of the bearer. The facial and fingerprint data will be stored on an embedded chip, along with a digital copy of the bearer's photo.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
