Cool! Using a code mashup of Jason Saragih’s facetracker and Kevin Atkinson’s image clone code, Arturo Castro successfully puts on the faces of Paris Hilton, Fidel Castro, Steve Jobs, Vladimir Lenin, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Mao Tse-tung, Brad Pitt, Michael Jackson, Salvador Dali and President Barack Obama.
Unilever is known as the world’s biggest ice cream manufacturer but recently it is known for unveiling the world’s first smile-activated vending machine. The machine “offers a revolutionary new way for consumers to buy ice cream and, simultaneously, a revolutionary brand experience,” because it offers anyone smiling before the machine a free ice cream and its 3G technology enables people to upload and share their happiness with others. The innovative ice cream vending machine has made its first appearance in May 2010 at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal, and it will soon be built all over the world during the next 18 months. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Face recognition technique has been widely used in different fields these days, to ensure the safety of you, your possessions, and your information. And the Lockface USB Key is another product that comes with that high tech. It asks you to use your face to open the Lockface drive and nothing will appear on your computer if you’re away. As reported, the device has a 98% correct acceptance. To ensure a higher security of your data, the device also adopts an encryption technology.
Robot is no longer a fanciful gadget, but what about one that has an iPhone for head and all controlled by it? Still exciting! The cute robot can wake you up in morning, dancing to music and show different facial expressions.
What is this cute girl doing? Just making face? Not exactly. As a matter of fact, she is controlling her MP3 player with facial expression. This process is relying on infrared sensors that measure the inner ear movements resulting from various facial expressions. For example, you can start or stop the music when you stick your tongue out. It’s very simple and funny.
Scientist from Massey University has developed a new tutor which could react to the students by watching their facial expressions and body language via webcam. Moreover, it could also judge your mood by you heart rates and skin resistance via a special device. [Read the rest of this entry...]
This new webcam which is based on face-recognition software could tell you the age and gender of the people in the picture. [Read the rest of this entry...]
