facial recognition
The Technology of Identity: Face vs. Freedom
Note: Trends and Predictions
Certain tribes of indigenous Native Americans used to practice what they called "face reading." They believed, perhaps correctly, that a person's face revealed all manner of information about his or her life, character traits, soul. Today, studies have shown that one can learn much more than...
Facial RecognitionThe British led the world in developing and depl... With the help of American technology firms, it also has obtained the most advanced facial recognition software. In dictator Xi Jinping's run-up to absolute power, he not only jailed all of his primary opponents, but he also invented the new and exciting system of "social credit.
Ivideon Brings Facial Recognition to the Cloud
Vendor Research: Infrastructure & Operations
Cloud-based video surveillance and video analytics are growing. How will this affect privacy?
With cloud-based video surveillance and video analytics services gaining momentum, consumers of these services can use facial recognition solutions without being required to install costly local equipment. Cloud-based solutions are targeting banks, retailers, organizations moni... Ivideon recently launched a cloud-based solution and is using.
Final Cut Pro
SoftwareReviews: Software Product
Final Cut Pro uses powerful machine learning to detect faces and objects, then matches their movement with titles and effects. It also allows you to adjust focus points and depth of field on clips captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone.
Final Cut Pro uses powerful machine learning to detect faces and objects, then matches their movement with titles and effects. It also allows you to adjust focus points and depth of field on clips captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone.
Facebook Will Pay Illinois Users $550-Million Settlement Over Its Use of FRT
Vendor Research: Data & Business Intelligence
Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of users in Illinois over its use of facial recognition technology (FRT) to tag individuals in photographs, reports the BBC.
Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of users in Illinois over its use of facial recognition technology (FRT) to tag individuals in photographs, reports the BBC. Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of users in Illinois over its use of facial recognition.
Clearview AI Demonstrates the Dangers of Facial Recognition
Vendor Research: Data & Business Intelligence
Facial recognition technologies (FRTs) are in the news again. This time, it is Clearview AI, a small company that until recently was virtually unknown to everyone except the 600 law enforcement agencies using its technology to match people’s photos to their online presence.
Facial recognition technologies (FRTs) are in the news again. This time, it is Clearview AI, a small company that until recently was virtually unknown to everyone except the 600 law enforcement agencies using its technology to match people’s photos to ... The technology seems to be so good that it works even with less-than-perfect pictures: it can.
AI and the Cloud
Note: Trends and Predictions
No one needs to be convinced that the cloud is where the money is. There is no major cloud provider today that isn't also looking to compete – and, much more important, differentiate – by integrating artificial intelligence into its offerings. But what if the cloud and AI aren’t the perfect fit...
That Didn't Take Long Department: Consumer Suit vs. FB Over FROn... And on April 6, this was in the news: "Facebook gets sued by consumers over facial recognition" Facebook’s Facial Recognition Feature Violates Users’ Privacy Rights, Groups Allege Couldn't happen to a nicer outfit. EthermailRe: "The Technology of Identity: Face vs. Freedom" and .
Surveillance, Cities, and Facial Recognition
Note: Trends and Predictions
In this week's transcript from FiRe, our members will have a chance to understand the experience of the Uyghur population in China on a personal level as Ilshat Kokbore and David Brin discuss the nightmarish facial recognition and AI systems used to track Chinese citizens in real time.
Kokbore: Not only the facial recognition, voice recognition, or eye recognition - even if you are [just] walking on the street, with your data they already collected, they can identify you even if you hide your face or changed your face. He talked about how, with DNA and face recognition spreading everywhere, it's ludicrous, it's laughable, to.
What Pig Farmers Can Teach Us About Stopping Coronavirus With Tech
Note: CIO
Years before the COVID-19 pandemic, swine farmers were dealing with another coronavirus infection that devastated their livestock populations. As a result of the pain associated with disease, the industry is now using high-tech biosecurity processes to control risk. As the world seeks ways to...
NoveTech’s technology solution combines facial recognition biometric identification with autonomous connected devices, a cloud-based database server, and a commercial-grade physical lock. Key to the solution’s reliability is the biometric facial recognition scan. ... as the world leader in face recognition”It assembles each point of reflection.
Webex Assistant, Who Is in My Meeting?
Vendor Research: Data & Business Intelligence
The web conferencing feature arms race continues with Cisco’s announcements at Enterprise Connect 2019. Users will be delighted now, but long-term value will take a lot of effort.
The features that Cisco Collaboration unveiled at Enterprise Connect 2019 for Webex Meetings include: People Insights (trial available, general availability release in June)Webex Assistant features Proactive Join (general availability release in June) and First Match (generally available now)Facial recognition (US release target of June 2019) .
Amazon Is Offering Its Cashierless Store Technology to Other Retailers
Vendor Research: Data & Business Intelligence
Amazon is offering its cashierless store technology to other retailers. The technology known as “Just Walk Out” eliminates checkout lines, offering an “effortless” shopping experience and shifting store associates to “more valuable activities”.
The technology itself is not perfect – see our blueprint Mitigate Machine Bias on biases in AI/machine learning including facial recognition. Customers are also required to put goods back on the shelves in exactly the same spot where they took them from or risk being charged... Want to Know More. Mitigate Machine Bias Clearview AI Demonstrates.
ZKTeco Access Control
SoftwareReviews: Software Product
Cutting-edge biometrics for the modern world including facial recognition products, biometric access products, and RFID products. Want to restrict facility access to only paying members, employees, and permitted guests? Get started today with ZKTeco’s comprehensive line using RFID, PIN, Bluetooth, or biometric authentication. ZKTeco USA security solutions provide effortless & secure access for all employees & visitors.
Cutting-edge biometrics for the modern world including facial recognition products, biometric access products, and RFID products. Want to restrict facility access to only paying members, employees, and permitted guests. Get started today with ZKTeco’s comprehensive line using RFID, PIN, Bluetooth, or biometric authentication. ZKTeco USA security.
Boomset
SoftwareReviews: Software Product
An easy, all-in-one event management solutions for in-person or virtual events! Boomset solves the challenges event professionals face to complete a successful event lifecycle with an award-winning customizable platform of apps and services. Automate manual efforts and create better event experiences with a contemporary and intuitive turnkey system. Use the GDPR-compliant software and mobile apps for event registration, self-check-in, on-demand (color) badge printing, facial recognition, session management, RFID tracking, lead retrieval, gamification, on-site services and more.
An easy, all-in-one event management solutions for in-person or virtual events. Boomset solves the challenges event professionals face to complete a successful event lifecycle with an award-winning customizable platform of apps and services. Automate manual efforts and cr... Use the GDPR-compliant software and mobile apps for event registration,.
Be More Secure Without Passwords: Microsoft Embraces Passwordless Authentication and FIDO2
Vendor Research: Security
Microsoft is working to usher in the era of passwordless multi-factor authentication as passwordless API becomes an official W3C standard. Strong authentication using biometrics and FIDO2-compatible hardware is the better, and more secure, method of multi-factor authentication.
The user unlocks the device using a biometric (fingerprint, iris scan, facial recognition) or PIN. Microsoft as a technology leader has rightfully made a clear commitment to suppor... Want to Know More?Identity and Access Management (SoftwareReviews)Password-less protectionFacing the Law: Police, Facebook, Cybersecurity, and the Most Beneficial.
CIO Roundtable: How CIOs Can Unlock the Potential of Facial Recognition at Sports Events
Video: CIO
Create secure and seamless fan experiences.
Create secure and seamless fan experiences.
Bosch’s INTEOX positioned as “First Fully Open Camera Platform”
Vendor Research: Industry Research
Bosch’s release of its INTEOX camera solution moves beyond the legacy “closed circuit” model of surveillance infrastructure to a Camera-as-a-Platform (CaaP) approach, enabling third-party apps at the surveillance perimeter edge to create innovative video-based business solutions and decisions.
Developed by Security and Safety Things GmbH, a Bosch start-up company, this smart IoT camera infrastructure is based on four pillars: An open OS based on Android Open Source Project and strengthened for increased security.An application store to access relevant app information, browse the public sto... Most surveillance departments have access.
Pattern Discovery: Science and Technology Beyond Hypotheses
Note: Trends and Predictions
It seems as though not a news cycle goes by without the announcement of a new invention or a new technological improvement. But where is the stunning new science, the shift in worldview that changes how you see everything around you? Often the great discoveries of the past were dominated by...
You may consider it a wonder that Marriott Hotels in China began pilot testing facial-recognition-based check-in this week, but that US innovation in technology has been incrementally improving for decades. Even so, AI-driven image recognition in general remains so fragile, in fact, that a team at MIT recently showed the ability to hack – or fool.
Passenger Transportation Biometric Identification Report
Industry: Industry Coverage
Passenger Transportation Biometric Identification Report
Biometric identification is a maturing technology with investment being made to improve accuracy, security, speed, and efficiency. Stakeholders include transportation providers such as air and rail, government agencies responsible for border protection and immigration, and hub providers such as airports.Learn about what biometric identification.
The Most Important Chip Not Yet Invented
Note: Trends and Predictions
If pattern recognition is such a key tool in seeing the world clearly, how is it that we have not invented a chip to do this yet?
Published February 15, 2013 For my friends at Qualcomm, Intel, ARM, and Texas Instruments, and their colleagues at chip companies Freescale, XMOS, CEVA, AD, NXP, and CSR. While we have built pattern-recognition abilities into many systems, one might say we have done it after-the-fact, or from the outside-in - adding software for facial.
Applauz Recognition
SoftwareReviews: Software Product
This comprehensive solution provides the essential tools to foster a positive work environment and boost employee morale. Easily implement peer-to-peer recognition, allowing employees to acknowledge each other's efforts and achievements on an engaging social feed. Managers can set up automated celebrations for milestones like work anniversaries and birthdays, ensuring no special moment goes unnoticed. Applauz Recognition Starter helps you build a culture of appreciation and motivates your team to perform their best.
This comprehensive solution provides the essential tools to foster a positive work environment and boost employee morale. Easily implement peer-to-peer recognition, allowing employees to acknowledge each other's efforts and achievements on an engaging social feed. Managers can set up automated celebrations for milestones like work anniversaries.
Recognize
SoftwareReviews: Software Product
Recognizeapp.com’s peer recognition program empowers employees to acknowledge each other through proven badging mechanics and reinforcing company values. This innovative approach not only boosts morale but also aligns individual contributions with organizational goals. Recognize supports your company culture with meaningful, value-driven peer recognition.
Recognizeapp.com’s peer recognition program empowers employees to acknowledge each other through proven badging mechanics and reinforcing company values. This innovative approach not only boosts morale but also aligns individual contributions with organizational goals. Recognize supports your company culture with meaningful, value-driven peer.