Hmmm, there has got to be an old western approach to this.
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From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:56 AM
Subject: (BlindTech) Facial Recognition Glasses Allow Blind Avoid 
ObnoxiousPersons


> Sorry, I'm a day late on this.
>
>
>>
>> In another advance for the independence of blind people, the American
>> Printing House for the Blind has announced a prototype of a facial
>> recognition system
>> that will warn users of the approach of obnoxious persons. The system
>> consists of glasses embedded with a tiny camera, a belt-worn processing
>> unit, and
>> an earpiece. The system will recognize the faces of people preprogrammed
>> into the unit and will use synthetic speech to warn the blind user of
>> their approach.
>>
>>
>> "We continue to work on leveling the playing field," said an APH
>> spokesman. "Sighted people have the advantage of being able to dodge
>> overbearing relatives,
>> endlessly chatty landlords, and neighbors trying to invite them to sales
>> parties for products they don't need. We hope soon that blind folks will
>> have
>> the same freedom."
>>
>> A planned second-generation prototype will be able to use artificial
>> intelligence to recognize obnoxious persons automatically, without
>> requiring pre-programming.
>> Algorithms are being developed to recognize such persons as
>> bad-joke-telling bosses, pushy sales people, and that guy who just won't
>> take no for an answer.
>>
>>
>> There is no word when the unit might be commercially available.
>>
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