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 <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>
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+               <title>TV with face recognition, for improved viewer experience</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/TV_with_face_recognition__for_improved_viewer_experience.html</link>        
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/TV_with_face_recognition__for_improved_viewer_experience.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;Slashdot got a story about Intel planning a
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/06/09/0012247/intel-to-launch-tv-service-with-facial-recognition-by-end-of-the-year&quot;&gt;TV
+with face recognition&lt;/a&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;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 an idea fetched straight out of the book 1984 by George
+Orwell.&lt;/p&gt;
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