Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
In a real-time experiment, conducted by Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Biometrics Center, scientists used digital mapping to turn and enhance the face of “Suspect 2” from the Boston Bombings in order to match it with faces from a database. The researchers did not know how well they had done until authorities identified the suspect as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger, surviving brother and a student at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and they were able to compare the enhanced facial image with Dzhokhar’s face. The technology is still in it’s early stages of development, but cyber experts believe it is only a matter of years — and research dollars — until computers are able to identify almost anyone instantly. Computers could then use electronic data to immediately construct a complete dossier about the person, pulling much of the compiled information from online profiles that many people publish themselves.
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Source: forensicmag.com
Citation:
Conte, A. Tribune-Review. Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone. Retrieved May 28, 2013, from http://www.triblive.com/news/allegheny/3904286-74/technology-face-center#axzz2TpeVbN9R
