Facial recognition

Why are you better at recognizing upright faces?

New Hampshire researchers get clues from a person who sees the world upside down.

 An illustrative image of people's faces, one upside down and the other right side up.
 Smile coach Keiko Kawano teaches students at a smile training course at Sokei Art School in Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2023.

Japanese get trained in 'Hollywood' smiles as masks slowly come off

 Researchers created two facial approximations of an ancient Egyptian man using photogrammetry.

Scientists reconstruct 35,000 year old face - study

 Madeleine McCann

Julia Wendel most likely not Madeleine McCann - facial recognition comparison


COVID-19 masks: Still difficult to recognize faces - Israeli study

COVID-19 face masks make it difficult to recognize faces, even after prolonged exposure, according to Israeli/Canadian study.

COVID-19 face mask

Ukraine has sent images of dead Russian soldiers to families in Russia - CNN

In response to the photos, 80% of families said "we'll come to Ukraine ourselves and kill you. And you deserve what's happening to you."

Russian soldiers march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 13, 2022

Israeli firm developing body cams with facial recognition tech for police

Israeli firm Yozmot reportedly partnered with Israeli startup Corsight AI to develop facial recognition cameras to be worn by police officers.

A computer with an automatic facial recognition system shows German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, center right, as he visits the Suedkreuz train station in Berlin

Ex-Mossad head: AI facial recognition tech superior to fingerprinting

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen on Monday emphasized the importance of facial recognition technology in the fields of counterterrorism and law enforcement.

A computer with an automatic facial recognition system shows German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, center right, as he visits the Suedkreuz train station in Berlin

Face-Off: Robots Come Equipped With Facial Recognition

Security, defense and tech innovation firms come together at Israeli confab.

 Facial recognition technology at the iHLS INNOTECH conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.

IDF's facial recognition tech in West Bank probed

A Washington Post report claimed that the IDF is using facial recognition with a database containing thousands of images of Palestinians.

 An Israeli soldier holds his camera as he patrols the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, June 2, 2011

Tech Buzz: Another week, another $422m. raised

These are some of the companies that have raised more than $11.5 billion so far in the hi-tech sector this year.

Aleph Farms’ leadership team. From left to right: Technion Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Adviser; Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Dr. Neta Lavon, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of R&D.

Payments by Selfie: New tech lets stores be paid by facial recognition

A Holon-based startup is looking to make the entire shopping process as simple as taking a selfie.

Customers use Preciate's kiosks to pay using facial recognition.

Israeli facial recognition tech reduces chance of human bias

Just as it is wrong to say machines are ‘biased’ it’s wrong to say machines are not biased, however, AI systems are less biased than people.

Facial recognition is currently being used to cross borders and even enter hospitals. To ensure AI systems aren't biased, AnyVision researcher Dr. Eduard Vazquez told the Post, you must have excellent data.

IBM exists facial recognition business, calls for police reform

The company will stop offering facial recognition software and opposes any use of such technology for purposes of mass surveillance and racial profiling.

An IBM chips are seen in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2016.

Microsoft divests from Israeli facial recognition firm AnyVision

Microsoft explained that it had decided to end all of its minority investments in companies that sell facial recognition technology.

File photo of a Microsoft logo on an office building in New York