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Tokyo Rail Billboards Scan Viewer's Age, Gender

Posted by timothy on from the to-me-you're-a-14-year-old-girl dept.

eldavojohn writes "The AFP is reporting on digital billboards in Tokyo that scan for a viewer's age and gender to tailor the message to them. It's a Digital Signage Promotion Project that 11 railway companies are debuting. The head of the project said, 'The camera can distinguish a person's sex and approximate age, even if the person only walks by in front of the display, at least if he or she looks at the screen for a second.' Philip K. Dick's Minority Report draws closer every day."

3 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. In Soviet North Korea by smitty777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...I just can't do it...

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    "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish"
    Albert Einstein
  2. Re:Wasn't in PKD's Minority Report by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And also "Minority Report" was about catching people in acts of pre-crime, before they killed someone. I don't see any indication that these cameras can predict future murders.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  3. Minority Report by blueg3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently, software automatically determining a person's age and gender when they're in public is nearly the same as using data gleaned from a few insane psychics to arrest people for future crimes.

    Except that they're completely different.