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Face Recognition Varies by Culture

Westerners tend to look at specific features on an individual's face such as the eyes and mouth, as noted with red coloring here. East Asian observers tend to focus on the nose or the centre of the face which allows a more general view of all the features (blue areas). Credit: Roberto Caldara et al.

Google Picasa Launches face recognition software

Google's Picasa Web Albums has just launched their Picasa 3 beta software for free download . This includes their new face recoginition software which will seek out faces in your pictures, group them according to likeness, and ask you to name the face.

Google Picasa Launches face recognition software

Google's Picasa Web Albums has just launched their Picasa 3 beta software for free download . This includes their new face recoginition software which will seek out faces in your pictures, group them according to likeness, and ask you to name the face.

Google Picasa Launches face recognition software

Google's Picasa Web Albums has just launched their Picasa 3 beta software for free download . This includes their new face recoginition software which will seek out faces in your pictures, group them according to likeness, and ask you to name the face.

Frogs come face to face wih extinction

ARMAGEDDON is approaching for frogs throughout the world, warns internationally renowned primatologist Jane Goodall.

Humans Meet Their Robot Overlords At SIGGRAPH

Los Angeles (CA) - Balancing on two wheels, the shiny UBot-5 scurries around the Los Angeles Convention Center like it owns the place. Made by students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the robot can speed up to 12 km/hour and can’t be knocked over. Nearby, MIT students were demoing "Nexi", a robot that can respond to people with face gestures and speech. Put your hand directly in "her" face and the bot will act upset. Say something and the robot will follow your face around. Oh, and don’t you dare have a staring contest against Nexi, because she will win, guaranteed.

Face value: Why we love, hate, fear cars

PARIS (AFP) - Do you find that the Renault Twingo has a smiling face? That the VW Beetle looks startled? The Trabant is sad? And a BMW looks angry?

Primates 'Face Extinction Crisis'

A global review of the world's primates says 48 percent of species face extinction, an outlook described as "depressing" by conservationists. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species says the main threat is habitat loss, primarily through the burning and clearing of tropical forests.

Shoplifters face online exposure

An online security firm is warning people who shoplift that they should be prepared to face the embarrassment of having their photo pinned up by a growing number of retailers.

Shanghai jaywalkers face TV shame: report

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Shanghai jaywalkers face public humiliation as police plan to start broadcasting images of their offences on television to shame them into respecting traffic rules, local media said Thursday.

England face safety or cash decision over 'unloved' Trophy

England must decide today whether to protect the lives of their players, or the size of their balance sheet. If they withdraw from the Champions Trophy in Pakistan next month they face the distinct likelihood of a boycott of the lucrative and prestigious World Twenty20 due to be held in this country next summer.

First face transplant robot

bipedalFair enough it does look like a bungled op by an amatuer back street surgeon, in this case it is the Bi-Pedal robot from Taiwan University that should be grabbing the attention but the computer geek face makeover we think was ill-advised.

Olympus UK staff face 'difficult' time

Olympus UK staff face a fretful few weeks waiting to see how the impact of 'integration' with the firm's medical and industrial businesses will affect them.

Building societies face B&B bill

Britain's building societies could face a bill of more than Ł80m after the rescue of the Bradford & Bingley bank.

Apple wont face lawsuit over iPhone battery life

Apple iPhoneBloomberg is reporting that Apple won’t face a lawsuit claiming that the company didn’t immediately tell customers about the limited life of batteries for its iPhone or their $86 replacement cost (including delivery). A U.S. District Judge in Chicago granted Apple’s request that he dismiss the lawsuit on the evidence and the law without a trial, or what’s known as “summary judgment”

Killzone 2 Face Disintegration

There's nothing worse on a Monday than the sight of a bit of face disintegration. Fortunately, here at SPOnG we don't really care. That's why we've got these new

D*Face's street art

American pop star Christina Aguilera was among the buyers at a sell-out show for street artist D*Face which opened at the Black Rat Press gallery in east London last week.

ONR: Human face will help troops trust robot

Sailors and Marines are only going to serve closer with unmanned systems, including miniature tanks, boats and aircraft, but as with any shipmate, the humans will have to be able to trust the machines. So why not give the machines a human face?

06:22pm Shoplifters face online exposure

An online security firm is warning people who shoplift that they should be prepared to face the embarrassment of having their photo pinned up by a growing number of retailers.

Scotland name strong squad to face England

Scotland have named a strong squad to face England at the Grange on Monday and include six players with county experience. Top of the list is Gavin Hamilton, who played one Test for England in 1999, and Scotland are also boosted by the availability of batting pair Kyle Coetzer and Navdeep Poonia.


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