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Technology Review: A Face-Finding Search Engine

Submitted by Michaelfidler

Sep 17, 2008

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A new software approach from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University could make it easier to identify a person's face in a low-resolution video. The researchers say that the software could be used to identify criminals or missing persons, or it could be integrated into next-generation video search engines. Read the full article

Comments (5)

Mixedbrains,

Sep 17, 2008

Sounds Cool

Hmdewalt,

Sep 17, 2008

about time

Adityakelkar2000,

Sep 18, 2008

great! I still dream of search engine which searches images on my uploaded image. No words ;). back to hieroglyphics.

Rendt,

Sep 18, 2008

Not that long ago we started getting worried about GPS chips being inserted in mobile phones, and so creating the possibility for you to be tracked wherever you went. Now Google Images and other technologies show how face recognition can sift through photos and video to locate people. With security cameras saturating London and more and more cities, live cams deciphering license plates, who needs to talk of babies implanted with GPS chips to express worry about a rising surveillance society?