May
01
2009

Uses for facial recognition

I have stopped using key lemon,  mostly because my crappy Microsoft web cam often decides it doesn’t want windows to detect it anymore,  which sort of messes up key lemon.  The technology isn’t perfect,  this product won’t be used by the NSA or any high security entity to keep out spies,  but… it has a ton of potential from a convenience perspective.   In this post I’m going to talk about some of the ways facial recognition could be integrated into different devices to make the world a better place.  

Message Status:

Some people are great at updating their status on messenger,  most people aren’t.  If a simple web cam could let my computer know when I was at my desk and when I wasn’t that would be awesome.  Of course blue tooth proximity or GPS aware cell phones may be a more logical solution for this type of thing.  

Personal Portal Sign In:  

Since I just made up the concept of a personal portal lets start with that idea.  A personal portal would be something like net-vibes or yahoo when it was cutting edge,  that aggregated information into one place online.  In theory this could be your calendar, to do list, email, and relevant news.  I would have a significantly different personal portal than my wife or brother etc.  If there were a system that could automatically load content like this based on facial recognition that would be really cool.  This would allow you to put a computer in the kitchen or corner of your bedroom to check the world when you woke up or had your coffee. Each member of a household would be able to have their own profiles and effortlessly switch between them.  

Adaptive Art:

A long time ago people used to talk about how in Bill Gates home you could carry a chip around and art would change to your preferences.  Now days most people can afford digital picture frames and LCD televisions are significantly less expensive than high end paintings.  There is really no reason that these settings couldn’t change based on the person looking at the picture.  

Automotive Preferences:

High end vehicles already can remember settings based on the key that the driver puts into the ignition.  With facial recognition this would be even more powerful because it wouldn’t be linked to a key.  Also beyond seat settings if cars could remember preset stations and play lists for music based on the driver’s face.  That would be killer.  

Comments:

I’m sure there are a million ideas I haven’t thought of,  have fun with the comments.

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