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Face Recognition Technology for Turtles
Facial recognition technology is now being used to identify turtles and to aid with conservation efforts.
Facial Blindness - the “Brad Pitt Disease”
Prosopagnosia, also called face blindness, made the news when Brad Pitt announced he had it.
What Does It Mean for a Network to be Functional?
When dealing with very complex systems, what does it mean to be “functional”?
We Don’t Know How Computers Recognize Faces - and That’s Ok
We don’t know exactly how computers recognize faces, but we don’t know how people do it either.
Face Recognition & Lighting
The accuracy of modern face recognition systems is influenced by ambient lighting conditions.
Facebook Abandons Face Recognition - What It Really Means
Facebook, now Meta, has announced they are shutting down their face recognition program. What does that mean?
Ethical Facial Recognition vs. Mass Surveillance
What is the difference between the use of ethical facial recognition technology and mass surveillance?
Demographic Bias in Biometric Facial Recognition
Although demographic bias has sometimes been an issue with large-scale law enforcement biometric systems (10,000,000+), these results do not translate to a smaller-scale pure opt-in, voluntary systems.
The Wonders of Human Facial Recognition (Part 2)
Human facial recognition is a very complex process and we don’t appreciate it enough.
The End of Fingerprints?
Fingerprints were the first biometric modality to become commonly used. Are they soon to become a thing of the past?