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Vivotek FT9361-R

Vivotek Unveils FT9361-R Facial Recognition Tablet

March 7, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Vivotek announces the launch of its new facial recognition tablet. The FT9361-R is a facial recognition tablet for access control and employee management. “By simply presenting your face to the facial recognition tablet, true contactless and hands-free access control is achieved. The FT9361-R’s deep learning AI technology can precisely detect a real, living/breathing person from that of […]

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Five Not-So-Surprising Technologies Used At Tokyo Olympics

July 27, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Japan puts on a mini-show to the world what advanced technologies are yet to come at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

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Facial Recognition Ban Schools

Over 1,000 Parents Sign Letter Calling for Facial Recognition Ban in Schools

September 21, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Parents have raised an alarm against what they call “invasive” surveillance tech used in schools and, in some cases, for remote learning. They’ve called for lawmakers and school admins to ban facial recognition in schools. In less than a week, an open letter from parents opposing the use of facial recognition in schools has already been signed […]

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Boston Becomes Latest City to Ban Facial Recognition

June 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Facial recognition is being floated as a technology that could help in the wake of the coronavirus, but some major cities aren’t sold on the technology. Now, you can add Boston to that list. The capital of Massachusetts just became the second largest community in the world to ban the use of facial recognition surveillance […]

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Amazon Won’t Let Police Use Their Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

June 17, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Amazon says it won’t allow law enforcement to use Rekognition, its facial recognition technology, for a year. “We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology, and in recent days, Congress appears ready to take on this challenge,” Amazon said in a blog post Wednesday. “We hope […]

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Facial Recognition Has a COVID-19 Problem

May 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Facial recognition, as controversial as it can be, was trending up before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. However, there were many cases in which the technology proved troublesome, causing some areas on the U.S. and other parts of the world to ban the technology for government use. Thanks to COVID-19, facial recognition technology developers […]

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COVID-19 Biometrics Facial Recognition

COVID-19 Could Hurt Adoption of Contact Biometrics, Help Facial Recognition

May 8, 2020 Robin Hattersley-Gray Leave a Comment

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause a significant pushback on biometric device shipments, creating a major revenue drop of $2 billion over the course of 2020, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. At the same, COVID-19 has given rise to new identification and surveillance needs, prompting further investments in biometric artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm […]

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Boston Facial Recognition

Widespread Use of Facial Recognition Faces an Uphill Battle

December 5, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Along with a variety of sensors and connected devices, one of the key features of proverbial smart cities would be facial recognition software, particularly in law enforcement applicants. Police could potentially use the technology to stop crimes before they happen, find missing people and keep the public safe. However, there are also some legitimate concerns […]

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