The technology that might become the future of facial recognition started with a bucket of household paint. Ingmar Bruder was researching organic photovoltaics—and how to make paint that could absorb ...

Last week we enhanced a map interface with voice commands using annyang. This week we’ll extend our multi-modal interface even further by adding simple head-tracking using pico.js. Pico.js is a ...

Over the past decade, security technology has evolved considerably. The analog cameras of the past are slowly but surely being phased out, and the familiar banks of monitors covering an entire wall of ...

What is facial recognition software? Your email has been sent Facial recognition software may sound like a complex and advanced technology, but chances are that you are already using facial ...

Facebook isn't entirely shying away from facial recognition, it seems. Code explorer Jane Manchun Wong has discovered a reference to a purported facial recognition system in Facebook's mobile app that ...

Face recognition technology in the hands of police is dangerous. Police departments across the country frequently use the technology to try to identify images of unknown suspects by comparing them to ...

Apple’s Face ID has long been the gold standard for facial recognition. Its 3D system maps thousands of tiny dots on your face to develop a secure profile that’s tough to crack. On the other hand, ...

Doris Tsao launched her career deciphering faces—but for a few weeks in September, she struggled to control the expression on her own. Tsao had just won a MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award, an ...