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April 18, 2009

Facial Recognition Software Being Used To Take Attendance

Facial recognition software has been made popular from various crime shows, but it seems the real thing is now being used to take attendance at a university in the UK.

Four years ago there were search engines that measured visual similarity, now the NCIS, CSI and other crime show technology is actually being used.

The City of Ely Community College - not Oxford or Cambridge - is setting the standards of the future.

Posted by Frank Watson on April 18, 2009 7:46 PM

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