Being in the facial recognition space we see a lot of news come through every week. We decided to try and compile a list of some of the best and most interesting news for our customers sprinkled in with what we are working on as well.
Our Favorite Story of the Week
Facial recognition to detect malaria?
Scientists are using algorithms, developed for computer vision, not to analyze the faces of patients, but to look at the blood samples in an automated fashion to help analysts.
Excerpt:
"Using this set of diagnosed samples, the researchers proved that their method was as accurate as the quality criteria defined by the World Health Organization."
More Facial Recognition News
Are we preprogrammed to recognize alien faces?
A fun way to end the week and give you something to talk about at your Labor Day cookouts here in the US. We found an interesting article from Skeptic which talks about why most drawings of aliens seem to be similar, when you look at them through the lens of facial recognition. Link
The Truth Is Out There... ;-)
Keeping tabs on our elected officials with facial analysis
The recent Turkish elections used Facial Analysis software. Kairos promises, if someone doesn't do this for the next US Presidential debates, that we will. Link
Want to know about every use of your likeness online?
The folks at FaceGuardian are using facial recognition technology to scour the Internet to protect the images and privacy of their clients. Is this technology long overdue or opportunistic? You decide. Link
Growth of the facial recognition market
New research points to growth of biometrics, this includes our friend Facial Recognition. The law enforcement sector alone is expected to grow more than 18% during the next 4 years. Link
Kairos Update
Coming soon
We have begun work on the next generation of Kairos' developer portal to better serve our customers. Any features that you want added, now is the time to ask.
As always, if you're creating something cool, or interesting, with the Kairos API let us know and we will feature it in a future newsletter. No matter what, we would love to hear your thoughts.
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