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Magazine pictures fool vending machines +
Fujitaka, the company behind the face recognition hardware installed in over 4,000 cigarette vending machines across Japan has a new problem to tackle. Kids using magazine pictures of old people.
Seems a Sankei Sports news reporter went around Osaka and Kobe using different pictures from magazines to fool the machines into selling a pack of cigarettes to him. He sucessfully used an 6″ wide and a 3″ wide picture to buy the cigarettes. He says he also tried using a 1″ version, but the machine rejected it.
The age verification hardware scans a person’s face and looks for signs of age like wrinkles and sagging skin. To me, that alone is its biggest flaw. With makeup, and beauty products, its becoming harder and harder to figure out a person’s age just by looking at their face.
I believe the only way this system has a chance of working is if the hardware could scan in three dimensions. That may stop magazine/picture false verifications, but knowing humans, it’s only a matter of time before people start using halloween type masks to bypass verification.
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August 12th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Virtually all I can think about is smoking. I i’m sure i don’t like to take a drag and if somebody offered a hit this minute, I’d not take it. I feel I’m in a fairly poor emotional state and have been having trouble falling asleep still I do know I have to end up strong. The electronic cigarette may also be helpful in the long run.
August 15th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Tarkista luottotiedot ennen kuin haet pikalainaaan - ei ainoastaan tarkistaa luotto-raportti paljastaa, miten voit katsoa tulevaisuuteen lainanantajia, se antaa ilmi myös mahdollisuuden paikata tietoja, jotka ovat väärässä ja luovuttaa itsellesi parhaat mahdollisuudet on hyväksynyt .
August 25th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Very nice sharing.thanks