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Facial recognition software: Caught infrared handed

News: Sensor Technology    September 1, 2010
Every advance in the ability to recognize faces in digital images adds to the saying, “You can run, but you cannot hide.” This applies not only to criminals, terrorists, and local thugs but also to political dissidents, profiled minorities, and business competitors – it all depends on the circumstances. The technical circumstances of facial recognition [...]
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Remembering faces, a specialized memory

News: Neuro-memory    January 12, 2010
It’s a familiar pattern in science, the more we learn about something, the more variations we see in the details. Take, for example, the human brain and its memory capacity. “Memory” used to be considered a unitary capability, that is, the ability to remember things was thought to be all part of the brain’s area [...]
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