Nokia N900 does real-time face tracking for verification (video)
In a world where smartphone unlock patterns and PINs can be easily gleaned from display muck, and computer passwords can be deciphered from the telltale audible clicks of the keyboard, it's any wonder that research is funded for alternative identity verification schemes. One promising technology is face verification -- technology we've already seen implemented in webcams , laptops , and more recently, Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 . Where we haven't seen it broadly deployed is in the easy-to-lose smartphone, at least not with the level of sophistication achieved by the University of Manchester (UK)
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, entry, facial, facialrecognition, laptops, manchester, philipa.tresadern, philiptresadern, research, smudge
Day in the Life: Kin-less
If you were near an internet display terminal yesterday, you might've tragically stumbled upon one of Microsoft's Kin promo videos. Sure, the product might be slightly condescending to its supposed target market, but the promotional videos are outright MTV-gone-bad, full of hipster shorthand and fake "reality" bits
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, facial, girlfriends, mementos, microsoftkin, product, target, windows-mobile