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Taiwan Develops Face-Recognition Vending Machine

Posted by timothy on from the you-want-food-drink-and-merriment dept.

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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  1. academic Vs. real-life by Tomahawk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I can appreciate this sort of thing from an academic perspective (it's quite impressive, actually), I find the idea of this in the real world quite sickening. Not sure I like the idea of a vending machine putting me into a category based on how I look. Or based on anything, for that matter.

    Why can't a vending machine just be a vending machine?

    Me: "Hmmm - I think I'll have a mars bar"
    Vending Machine: "Are you sure? You look like you need a razor, a box of tampons, and a coke"
    Me: Fist-of-death

    1. Re:academic Vs. real-life by guyminuslife · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

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  2. Some new kind of kink by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:So did the Japanese by jandersen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Japanese always invent first. The Chinese just steal the IP and clone it. :)

    30 years ago: Americans always invent first. The Japanese just steal the IP and clone it. :)
    60 years ago: The English always invent first. The Americans just steal the IP and clone it. :) ...

    Perhaps this comment was a two-edged sword?

  4. Re:Where have I seen this before? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Try teaching this machine about the history of the East India Company.

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