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May 02, 2007
Respectful Cameras
From Technology Review:
A camera system developed at Berkeley is capable of obscuring faces. The project is called Respectful Cameras. This project is similar to other work at CMU and IBM that attempts to strip out faces in surveillance footage. However, this technology appears to work in real time. The only drawback is this technology currently requires people to wear a marker (such as a hat or vest) to block their faces. Nevertheless, it is interesting research and hopefully just a precursor to other privacy enhancing technologies. Here is a image of the technology at work from the article:
Posted by rshah at May 2, 2007 10:19 AM
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