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Wednesday 23 January 2013

Facial Recognition Software Befuddled by LED Goggles: Big Brother Stumped


Are you the kind of person that’s worried about Big Brother and those CCTV cameras all over the place? So you don’t want your face on camera feeds? Then these specs might be for you.
privacy visor cctv blocking glasses
These glasses fitted with LEDs were created by Isao Echizen and Seiichi Goshi at the National Institute of Informatics and Kogakuin University in Tokyo, Japan. The glasses emit near IR light, which prevents current facial recognition cameras and software from figuring out who you are. The lights are powered by a small battery pack that needs to be transported in your pocket.
Granted, unless you’re going for some sort of Blade Runner look, they’re not particularly chic, but they get the job done. They’re also not exactly what you’d call inconspicuous, so security might still hunt you down, even though they don’t know who you are.
The researchers are working on making these specs a bit more fashionable. They predict that the final model will cost around $1(USD) to manufacture.

2 comments:

  1. Hi, thank you for sharing this great info about. Was just browsing through the net in my office and happened upon your post LED Goggles Gadgets in Pakistan. It is really very well written and quit comprehensive in explaining.

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  2. You could use invisible IR LED's and LG1 sized batteries. Then put the on/off switch in the hinge. Only on when worn. That would improve that product.

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