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UK School Introduces Facial Recognition

Posted by timothy on from the excuse-me-while-I-register-my-delight dept.

Penguin_me writes "A UK school has quietly introduced new facial recognition systems for registering students in and out of school: 'HIGH-TECH facial recognition technology has swept aside the old-fashioned signing of the register at a school. Sixth-formers will now have their faces scanned as they arrive in the morning at the City of Ely Community College. It is one of the first schools in the UK to trial the new technology with its students. Face Register uses the latest high-tech gadgets to register students in and out of school in just 1.5 seconds.'"

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  1. Re:I wonder how it copes with twins? by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    This absolutely sucks. In my day, all we had to do to sneak out of class, was wait for teacher to turn their back.

    Now days kids have to wear Thermoptic Camouflage armour. What is the world coming to.

  2. Re:I wonder how it copes with twins? by CrimsonScythe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Twins? Easy! The evil twin always has a goatee.

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