[lsega77]

I just ran another picture of me.

Fiona Apple - 68%

Man! How'd they know I could sing?

for that matter I had no idea you were that skinny!

Luis

[ivox3]

I think we just registered our mugs with an intelligence database ...

[w i l l]

Ha ha. Like the way my matches are all black even though I am white with blonde hair and orginate from Denmark.

[w i l l]

michaelplogue... are you one of these two?

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythb ... sters.html

[vansan]

Rick Schroder 71%
Ralf Shumacher 65%
Lothar Matthaus 62%
...
hey, I must be a german citizen!
But...
By the way, racing is my hobby too.

[Sheik]

Aki Hakala is a Finnish drummer. I am from Finland, but had to Google to find out .
Sheik

[Sheik]

Unbelievable, it really works!
I ran a picture of my daughter:

Justin Timberlake 66%
Tina Turner 63%
Britney Spears 62%
The notorious B.I.G 58%
Moshe Dyan 56%

[ivox3]

Notorious B.I.G ... perfect match !

[ivox3]

Now what am I to think ??

[ivox3]

One more time .... ...not bad.

[Thomas An.]

Well, I just put a picture of 50 cent ... and it actually found it correctly.

... so it is doing "something" (not completely random)

[ivox3]

Confirmed. I believe it's working, ..., ...it would appear that the input picture is crucial to the level of accuracy achieved. I guess that's obvious. ...

[Thomas An.]

hey ... it found Arnold ... but it thinks its only 64%

[ivox3]

As you know, ..the basic algorithms are just based on triangulated distances from various facial features. This particular engine seems a little basic, .. I believe the serious facial recognition engines use either one or multiple input images of the known and unknown subjects and also with many many more measured triangulations.

*I've learned that these triangulation ratios are essentially as distinct as say a fingerprint is, ...or more so.

..it's just a matter of time before we're all in the DBase. * remember, ...most people drive a car and that means............. well, ...you know.

[Thomas An.]

Indeed there is a lot of science behind it. They are installing this type of thing in airports now.

Anyway, a few random links:
http://www.kasrl.org/facial_expression.html
http://www.idiap.ch/~marcel/demos.php