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Facial Recognition Vending Machine Debuts
Peter Hanami writes "Yesterday in Japan, a facial recognition vending machine went on sale that can tell the age of the buyer based on a range of features including number of wrinkles, bone structure and how the skin sits on the face. It was developed as a way to stop minors from buying cigarettes from vending machines. In Japan, cigarette vending machines are a common feature on the street and presently few safeguards exist to stop younger users from purchasing them. This new machine is seen as a positive step to reduce under age smoking. If the machine doesnt deem the buyer to be of suitable age, 20 years old, the buyer must provide further identification such as a drivers licence."
How come no matter what button I push this damn vending machine keeps spitting out Clearasil?!
The enemies of Democracy are
Deny... me... my... cigarettes?!
Kamikaze the machine!
"The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
"and require an identification card of some sort."
Ah, so you read the summary. Very bold of you, sir.
FTFS: "the buyer must provide further identification such as a drivers licence."
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
No, not for the vending machines, but so that blind-drunk guys can get a machines 'expert opinion' as to whether their prospective, er, 'date' is under age or not...
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Whats next? A machine that calculates your weight based on a picture it takes of you and if it deems you obese refuses to sell you a coke?
As far as I can tell, Japanese women between the ages of 14 and 32 all look the same age.
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Put a Vending Machine with masks of old people in it next to it. Intelligent kids can buy cigs for their friends and make a profit too. Everyone wins.
God spoke to me.
+1 panties.