Tag: facial

Google buys facial recognition business 
By Liam Tung | Jul 25, 2011 | Comment Now 
Product already at core of YouTube, Picasa.
 
RTA drives facial recognition into license checks 
Jan 11, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Aims to combat identity theft.
 
RTA kicks off facial recognition project 
By Ry Crozier | Jun 1, 2009 | Comment Now 
The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will this week commence its rollout of facial recognition technology to assist in proof-of-identification and fraud prevention.
 
DSTO asks for better recognition of 'bad' images 
By Ry Crozier | May 29, 2009 | Comment Now 
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation has called on facial recognition system makers to build in more intelligence and improve recognition of low-resolution and ...
 
Fish and cows become facial recognition targets 
By Ry Crozier | May 29, 2009 | Comment Now 
NEC Australia has fielded customer requests to apply facial recognition technology to cows and fish but says it will focus on selling systems for gender recognition in retail ...
 
Unisys scores five-year QLD digital drivers’ licence deal 
Apr 23, 2009 | Comment Now 
Queensland Transport will progressively replace three million laminated drivers’ licenses with smartcards that use facial recognition technology supplied by Unisys.
 
Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack 
By Ry Crozier | Feb 23, 2009 | Comment Now 
Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference,...
 
Researchers hack facial biometrics 
By Iain Thomson | Feb 19, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in Washington DC.
 
SmartBadge techs up U.S. police 
By Liz Tay | May 13, 2008 | Comment Now 
A newly-designed law enforcement gadget aims to improve the safety of U.S. officers by incorporating technology into a next-generation police badge.
 
Boffins tout 3-D facial recognition as password replacement 
By Robert Jaques | Aug 2, 2007 | Comment Now 
University of Houston team claims radically new approach to biometrics.
 
French to test airport biometrics  
Jan 4, 2005 | Comment Now 
France has announced plans that may make it the next country to mandate biometrics as an airport security measure.
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