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15 <a href=
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24 <div class=
"date"> 9th June
2012</div>
25 <div class=
"body"><p>Slashdot got a story about Intel planning a
26 <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
27 with face recognition
</a> to recognise the viewer, and it occurred to
28 me that it would be more interesting to turn it around, and do face
29 recognition on the TV image itself. It could let the viewer know who
30 is present on the screen, and perhaps look up their credibility,
31 company affiliation, previous appearances etc for the viewer to better
32 evaluate what is being said and done. That would be a feature I would
33 be willing to pay for.
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35 <p>I would not be willing to pay for a TV that point a camera on my
36 household, like the big brother feature apparently proposed by Intel.
37 It is the telescreen idea fetched straight out of the book
38 <a href=
"http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt">1984 by George
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