Taiwan Develops Face-Recognition Vending Machine

angry tapir writes "Government-funded researchers in Taiwan have developed a vending machine that recommends purchases based on people's faces. We've previously discussed a Japanese vending machine that recommended drinks based using facial recognition. The Taiwanese machine can look for clues like whether a person has glasses, a beard or a mustache and based on that it guesses their use of make-up or frequency of shaving. It then might recommend a facial mask, razor, or health products that people in a certain category are statistically likely to buy."

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Re:academic Vs. real-life

[guyminuslife]

Maybe it's a Japanese thing. Wii Fit does something like that. I used it at a friend's place a couple of times; ever since then whenever he or his girlfriend uses it, it asks, "Have you seen recently? He hasn't been exercising. Has he gotten fatter?"

I have, but that's none of Nintendo's fucking business.

Some new kind of kink

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Vending Machine: "Are you sure? You look like you need a razor, a box of tampons, and a coke"

I am not familiar with this kink, but it sounds like it might have potential.

Remember folks, as long as no one gets hurt, kinky sex is good, clean, wholesome Christian fun.