technology:the technology

SHORE™ by Fraunhofer — détection automatique d’âge, de genre, d’expression du visage
▻http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/bsy/tech/bildanalyse/shore-gesichtsdetektion.html

▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suc5B79qjfE

The technology is “trained” by accessing a database of more than 10,000 annotated faces. In combination with the structure-based features and learning algorithms, we can train so-called models that boast extremely high recognition rates:

Frontal facial recognition
91.5 percent detection rate with a 1 in 10 miss rate
Gender detection
94.3 percent detection rate
Age estimation
6.85 annual mean absolute error

Optimizing process-intensive components using a variety of algorithmic and hardware-specific approaches makes it possible to process images in real-time.

#google_glass #surveillance

Police to test laser that ’blinds rioters’ - #ACAB

The technology, developed by a former Royal Marine commando, temporarily impairs the vision of anyone who looks towards the source.

It has impressed a division of the Home Office which is testing a new range of devices because of the growing number of violent situations facing the police.

The developer, British-based Photonic Security Systems, hopes to offer the device to shipping companies to deter pirates. Similar devices have been used by ISAF troops in Afghanistan to protect convoys from insurgents.

The laser, resembling a rifle and known as an SMU 100, can dazzle and incapacitate targets up to 500m away with a wall of light up to three metres squared. It costs £25,000 and has an infrared scope to spot looters in poor visibility.

Looking at the intense beam causes a short-lived effect similar to staring at the sun, forcing the target to turn away.

►http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8949060/Police-to-test-laser-that-blinds-rioters.html

#Google to fight Spanish demands to remove ’libellous’ links | Technology | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/16/google-court-spain-privacy

The technology giant has been ordered to remove almost 100 online articles from its search listings by #Spain's data protection authority, which Google warns would have a “profound, chilling effect” on freedom of expression.