X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/bec1782b8f23e686f8555a50599e81fff33eb7ab..035c19c46c9f78dc6adf515b8418f9d0b55c709d:/blog/archive/2012/06/06.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2012/06/06.rss b/blog/archive/2012/06/06.rss index f151b031cd..72cd647281 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2012/06/06.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2012/06/06.rss @@ -382,7 +382,30 @@ supportstatus({"servicetag": "2v1xwn1", "warrantyend&qu <p>It currently support Dell and HP, and I am hoping for help to add support for other vendors. The python source is available on -Scraperwiki and I welcome help in adding more features.</p> +Scraperwiki and I welcome help with adding more features.</p> + + + + + TV with face recognition, for improved viewer experience + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/TV_with_face_recognition__for_improved_viewer_experience.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/TV_with_face_recognition__for_improved_viewer_experience.html + Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0200 + <p>Slashdot got a story about Intel planning a +<a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/06/09/0012247/intel-to-launch-tv-service-with-facial-recognition-by-end-of-the-year">TV +with face recognition</a> to recognise the viewer, and it occurred to +me that it would be more interesting to turn it around, and do face +recognition on the TV image itself. It could let the viewer know who +is present on the screen, and perhaps look up their credibility, +company affiliation, previous appearances etc for the viewer to better +evaluate what is being said and done. That would be a feature I would +be willing to pay for.</p> + +<p>I would not be willing to pay for a TV that point a camera on my +household, like the big brother feature apparently proposed by Intel. +It is the telescreen idea fetched straight out of the book +<a href="http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt">1984 by George +Orwell</a>.</p>