Snapchat turns facial recognition technology on its head
A Snapchat patent suggests facial recognition could enhance privacy instead of eroding it. Continue reading Snapchat turns facial recognition technology on its head
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The Politest Patent Discussion, OSHW v. Patents
We’ve covered [Vijay] refreshable braille display before. Reader, [zakqwy] pointed us to an interesting event that occured in the discussion of its Hackaday.io project page.
[Vijay] was inspired by the work of [Paul D’souza], who he met at Makerfaire Bangalore. [Paul] came up with a way to make a refreshable braille display using small pager motors. [Vijay] saw the light, and also felt that he could make the vibrating motor display in such a way that anyone could make it for themselves at a low cost.
Of course, [Paul], had patented his work, and in this case rightly so. As …read more
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Amazon wants you to pay by face
THAT’LL get us to stop hunching over our phones to hide our passwords, by gum. Instead, we’ll just have to contort our faces. Continue reading Amazon wants you to pay by face