Google could have put face recognition into the Goggles application; indeed, many users have asked for it.
Investors used to talk about the "Greenspan put" in recognition of the fact that the former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, could always be relied upon to squirt money on the markets at the first sign of trouble.
To grab its share, GM is on the fast track to put voice recognition in 400,000 cars by year-end.
That means Intel might one day put speech recognition right on a chip that fits inside a cellular phone or some other small device.
To give a handheld device speech capability, it's necessary to put speech recognition software either on the device itself, or on a server that the device can access.
Indigenous leader, Patrick Dodson, known as the "father of reconciliation" issued a plea over the weekend for Abbott to reconsider his approach to Indigenous affairs saying he could be putting Indigenous recognition in the constitution at risk.
This puts facial recognition in a bit of a grey area, as it could offer incredible benefits to our security and open up vulnerabilities when it comes to our privacy.
One or more will be put forward for recognition under the Leveson scheme.
Thirty years later, another demand for recognition put this place on the pop charts.
As Frederick Jelinek, a pioneer in speech recognition, put it, "airplanes don't flap their wings".
