Well it is a bit off-topic so I replied to chat but searching for "google cia funding" on http://www.ixquick.com/ does result in a couple of relevant pages.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Hahn, Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger Hui wrote: > |The problem is easily solved if there is a web search > |that accepts an image as input. I would be surprised > |if no spy agency has this capability, or if Google is not > |already working on it. > > "Live" face recognition has been going on (and improving) for quite a > number of years. As I recall, shortly after 9/11 security teams were > telephotographically scanning all of the stadium attendees at games such > as the Superbowl with multiple cameras during the progress of the game, > looking for suspected terrorists, criminals, and such, matching against > face databases. I believe there are a number of books on the topic. > > By the way, note that Google has a "labor-saving" approach to creating > an improved image database: all of us have the opportunity to better tag > the images (which means improved searchability). It would seem child's > play today to automatically impose "standard" facial templates > (consisting of hundreds of interconnected triangles) on their > thousands/millions of photographic faces, create an ID database, and > then someday provide a user input (uploading a photo) that can likewise > be triangulated and matched against that database. > Of course, one could always ask, why would Google ever do anything like > that, unless it was a secret/hidden arm of some clandestine government > agency? ;-) > > Harvey > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
