Face-Six

  The use of Face Recognition Software has been traditionally dominated by the security industry. Video surveillance and identification applications are widely used in airports, and in police and army facilities. Nevertheless, a new civic branch of face recognition is emerging. From demographic analysis applications such as counting people in the crowd, telling their sex and age and even mood, through social apps, games and even a smartphone app that recognizes celebrities, face recognition revolutionizes old ways of doing things. Overwhelming advancements in technology over the years have allowed the development of new applications in almost every field. Following are the major advancements in technology that are also most relevant to face recognition: FROM COMMODORE TO 6 CORE With computing power doubling itself almost every two years for the past decades (Moore’s law), we have come a long way since the PC Commodore 64 had hit the market 30 years ago, with its 1MHz proc...