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High School in China Installs Facial Recognition Cameras To Monitor Students' Attentiveness (theepochtimes.com)

Posted by msmash on from the going-extreme dept.

A high school in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province located on the eastern coast of China, has employed facial recognition technology to monitor students' attentiveness in class, local media reports. From the report: At Hangzhou Number 11 High School, three cameras at the front of the classroom scan students' faces every 30 seconds, analyzing their facial expressions to detect their mood, according to a May 16 report in the state-run newspaper The Paper. The different moods -- surprised, sad, antipathy, angry, happy, afraid, neutral -- are recorded and averaged during each class. A display screen, only visible to the teacher, shows the data in real-time. A certain value is determined as a student not paying enough attention. A video shot by Zhejiang Daily Press revealed that the system -- coined the "smart classroom behavior management system" by the school -- also analyzes students' actions, categorized into: reading, listening, writing, standing up, raising hands, and leaning on the desk.

3 of 152 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Mechanisms of propaganda. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Next they'll have electric shock for not paying attention

  2. Geography by Jesus+H+Rolle · · Score: 3, Funny

    A high school in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province located on the eastern coast of China

    It's good that they specified which coast.

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