ID'ing People By How They Walk

thedude writes "Just stumbled upon this article about a system for ID'ing people by the way they walk. Maybe a combination of facial, voice, and gait recognition will increase the accuracy of these systems? I'll be sure to waddle next time I'm at the airport."

Comments

Re:Damn my waddle.

[swillden]

I don't understand why you would dress up as a gorilla, let alone go somewhere shopping as one, just for "fun."

You have no sense of whimsy.

Sucks to be you, dude; life's much better when you can laugh at it. Those who can do something stupid, goofy and even potentially embarrasing and chuckle at their own foolishness are not only happier, but also more likable. Such actions require humor and self-confidence, both valuable and respect-worthy traits.

I know you're trolling, but the fact that the most interesting and humorous thing you can think to do is to spew insults behind from behind the shield of anonymity makes it clear that you really do lack both self-confidence and a sense of humor.

Doing some silly, pointless, funny crap just because you enjoy it is a good way to work on both of those. Try it!

Doh.

[thaddjuice]

How much would it suck to be locked out by your gait recognizing door lock just because you sprained your ankle playing racketball?

Gait Keeper . . .

[Dausha]

Except, a person's gait can change under various circumstances--not least of which being the broken leg mentioned above. There's an African tribe (I forget which) where the women are capable of carrying unGodly amounts of weight on their heads. IIRC, when carrying that load their gait optimizes. So how are they going to account for the gait changes?

Then there's me at the airport. The wife hands me 'one-more-bag' and my gait fails to optimize. So I'm kicking, pulling, etc. the bags down the terminal.