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23-08-2010, 22:16
<div>Software, used by the Government and social networks for facial recognition, is being released into the public domain, it was revealed this weekend.
The tool from Face.com analyses pictures, identifying the location of prominent features such as the nose and eyes, and can then search the internet for other pictures of the same subject.
It has now been released to developers and could be incorporated into a number of new offerings.
Gil Hirsch, chief executive (CEO) of Face.com, told The Sunday Times:
The tool from Face.com analyses pictures, identifying the location of prominent features such as the nose and eyes, and can then search the internet for other pictures of the same subject.
It has now been released to developers and could be incorporated into a number of new offerings.
Gil Hirsch, chief executive (CEO) of Face.com, told The Sunday Times: