Facial recognition gates at Manchester Airport were temporarily taken out of use after a couple walked through the scanners after swapping passports. It is believed the pair passed through the gates in Terminal One on the morning of 8 February. The UK Border Agency said they were stopped by the immigration officer supervising the gates afterwards.
A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerised system uses a simple video camera, a high-resolution thermal imaging sensor and a suite of algorithms. Researchers say the system could be a powerful aid to security services.
Face recognition technology can be used to gain access to a person's private data, according to a new study. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University combined image scanning, cloud computing and public profiles from social network sites to identify individuals in the offline world. Data captured even included a user's social security number.
What is the future of the Internet? Where will the bandwidth be in 5 -10 years be and how will it effect the convergence of mobile devices? What apps will it allow not possible at today's communication networks? With the advent of cloud computing and storage capability rapidly expanding what information and or data bases become possible.
FROM THE BLOG: As many people have pointed out, my comic about tweets outrunning seismic waves seems to have been widely verified in yesterday's earthquake: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/earthquake-twitter-users-learned-tremors-226481 It's always nice to see real-life confirmation of your calculations! The quake started in Virginia at 13:51:04 EST, where most of my family lives.