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November 02, 2006
More About Facial Recognition Systems
A hybrid RFID/ biometric facial recognition system called TETRAGATE debuted recently which had astounding specs: the ability to scan 60,000 faces in one second and recognize people at 60 feet. A similar system is being tested in Germany by their BKA (Bundeskriminalamt) and applied to crimefighting. One attempt to blow up trains was already thwarted using the system, which recognized the faces of known criminals. While that's a noble use of the system, I'm wondering how long it'll be before a more advanced system gives us a society like that of Philip K. Dick's Minority Report, to give us a machine version of the precogs that "see" a crime before it's committted.
RFID Journal has more details of the German test.
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