Atick claims Visionics' face recognition system could have caught the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- before they committed the acts.

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Possibly the scariest "feature" of the face recognition system is that it can be hooked up to an existing hit list database of naughty people's mugs which can then be referenced against real world data from a camera.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.

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The first step for a facial recognition system is to recognise a human face and extract it from the rest of the scene.

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Additional competitions to generate ideas for barcode scanning and face-object recognition, and to develop wireframes, a screen design, a system architecture, and more for the ISS FIT app will wrap up by late May.

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And instead of relying on handwriting recognition that resulted in egg freckles all over the face of Newton, used the Graffiti system that forced a small learning curve on the user in the name of increased accuracy.

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Their automated system replicates the functions normally performed by customs and immigration officials, and uses biometric face recognition and ePassport RFID registration to process trusted travelers much more rapidly and efficiently than standing in line to be personally checked, especially during peak travel times.

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