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Biometric face scanners are sometimes used to limit inmates' trips through the chow line at meals.
But suddenly their "Mission: Impossible" style fingerprint scanners, eyeball scanners, face scanners and voice-identification systems were all the rage.
Scientists at Cardiff University are using cutting-edge face scanners developed by American firm 3dMD.
Previous studies investigated on the accuracy of the measurements made using photogrammetric face scanners.
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This small, microprocessor controlled system requires far fewer resources than your average face scanner and is far simpler to implement.
The Japanese firm, Sagawa Advance, has created a face scanner that can supposedly tell identical twins apart.
He declined to provide specific details on the biometrics applications it is targeting but given the tech enables detailed face scanning — Fuel3D is in the process of developing a "dedicated 270° face scanner" — there's presumably potential to use it to enhance facial recognition systems.
Although the current stated aim of its face scanner, which uses multiple cameras to capture ear-to-ear data of a person's face, is for plugging into retail environments, for virtual try-on use-cases, and also to generate accurate facial measurements for facilitating custom eyewear.
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