B-Smart_July'17

Emo Spark monitors a person's facial expressions
and emotions through images from an external
camera which are then processed through an
emotion text analysis and content analysis.
Emo Spark is able to connect
to Facebook and YouTube to present users with
content designed to improve their mood or
to Wikipedia for collaborative knowledge that can
be shared when users ask questions of it. Through
Android OS, Emo Spark is able to be customized
with Google Play store apps.
The cube is capable of learning the user’s emotions
and responses to types of music or content then uses
it in the future for similar emotions. It is also able to
emulate the emotions that is has observed and
learned which are in the spectrum of primary
emotions.The cube is expected to develop its own
personality based on the communications it has had
with the people using it.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emospark
Facial recognition has existed for decades, but only
now is it accurate enough to be used in secure
financial transactions. The new versions use deep
learning, an artificial-intelligence technique that is
especially effective for image recognition because it
makes a computer zero in on the facial features that
will most reliably identify a person.
The technology figures to take off in China first
because of the country’s attitudes toward
‘surveillance and privacy. Unlike, say, the United
States, China has a large centralized database of ID
card photos. On one screen a video shows the
software tracking 83 different points on the face.
References:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603494/10-
breakthrough-technologies-2017-paying-with-yourface/
A.Babitha
EEE – III Year
Ambati Yamini
CSE – A, III Year
PAYING WITH YOUR FACE
Face recognition might transform everything from
policing to the way people interact every day with
banks, stores, and transportation services.
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Albert Einstein
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