Comments on Unilever Smile-Based Ice Cream Vending Machine
Smile! You're about to get some ice cream from this face-recognition, proximity detecting, smile-measuring vending machine. (Read
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"Take a look at this new art project that lets you pick your soda by pointing at it in the vending machine window.
Read more about it at Technabob"
(Bill Christensen 6/27/2010 6:58:44 PM)
"Face recognition is advancing rapidly, as rapidly as the processors that compile the data. As to the main topic, hmmm, possible large sum of money for the rights to publish my face... or an ice cream. hmmm."
(Dewtey 6/28/2010 5:03:33 AM)
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
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Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
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