Infrared Facial Recognition Identifies People In The Dark

Computer scientists in Germany have developed a new infrared facial recognition system that uses thermal images to identify people in the dark. The system uses multiple infrared images to create a unique “thermal signature” for a person. This thermal signature is based on heat maps of their face and it can be used to identify […]

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Tech Companies Could Own Your “Faceprint”

Facebook’s public launching of their “Moments” photo-sharing app, which uses facial recognition technology to identify people by name in the photos that users share, had Fortune magazine asking, “Who owns your face?” According to Fortune, the answer to that very personal question could be Facebook as well as any other technology company that uses facial […]

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