Interesting that HP has acknowledged the issue and is "looking into it" :-)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/22/hp.webcams/index.html eb Daniel Bwente wrote thus on 12/22/09 7:32 PM: > Interesting read, > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2357429,00.asp > > two co-workers - one white and one black - tried out the webcam > face-tracking software on an HP MediaSmart computer. It is supposed to > follow users as they move, but it fails to recognize Desi, a black man. When > his co-worker Wanda, who is white, enters the frame, it immediately > recognizes her and follows her in the frame. > > "As soon as my blackness enters the frame ... it stopped," Desi said. "As > soon as white Wanda appears, the camera moves. Black Desi gets in there? > Nope, no facial recognition anymore, buddy. I'm going on record and I'm > saying it. Hewlett-Packard computers are racist." _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
