Face detection using HTML5, javascript, webrtc, websockets, Jetty and OpenCV

Source: Hacker News

Through HTML5 and the corresponding standards, modern browsers get more standarized features with every release. Most people have heard of websockets that allows you to easily setup a two way communication c ...
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SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: May 26, 2012

Source: Slashgear

Happy Saturday, everyone. Are you enjoying your holiday weekend so far? Hopefully you are, but if you want to take a moment to familiarize yourself with what made news this week, this is the place to be. First off, s ...
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Gadget Guy: Super phones

Source: TVNZ

The latest smart phones, dubbed 'super phones' shown on Saturday Breakfast. The new Samsung GALAXY S III aims to redefine 'smart'. Designed with natural interaction in mind, the GALAXY S III is smart enough to recognise your face, voice an ...
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More options for those suffering from vision loss

Source: Today Online

I REFER to the letter "Reading made possible for the blind" (May 23) about a woman adapting to vision loss by using assistive technology to "read" her books. As an optometrist specialising in low vision rehabilitation, I can vouch for the assistive tech ...
Full article at: Today Online  More like this  1 day ago, 4:22pm CDT

European Regulators Put Google in the Hot Seat on Privacy Changes

Source: E-Commerce Times

A) IP-addresses and/or B) unique device identifiers and/or C) telephone numbers and/or D) geolocation data." No doubt, Google might have preferred to avoid some of the questions CNIL posed -- such as No. 2: "Please provide the approximate ...
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secure.me

Source: Ecoustics

You've heard about the folks who lost their jobs because of a too-public, too-negative post (or simply, "because of oversharing") on Facebook. Are you perfectly sure the same couldn't happen to you? The secure.me app (free) will comb t ...
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Ageing eyes hinder biometric scans

Source: Nature.com

Iris recognition systems could become more prone to error as people's irises change with age. GEORGE STEINMETZ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Identifying people by scanning the irises of their eyes may not be as reli ...
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Facebookers trigger vote to halt Zuck's data suck

Source: The Register

Facebook may be forced to make changes to its data use policy after campaigners helped drive enough complaints about the company's own proposed amendments to trigger a user vote on the matter. Under Facebook's ...
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 24, 2012

Source: Slashgear

Happy Thursday, everyone. It’s almost time for that holiday weekend. You can almost feel it, right? But for now, we’ve still got plenty of news to discuss so let’s get to it. First on the plate today – Foxconn, Sharp b ...
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