<![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Being able to identify the differnces between identical twins is cool, but not that useful. First of all, identical twins aren't a very large part of the overall population. Secondly, it's pretty rare that you are trying to identify if a person is John or his twin Bill with a computer.

The much bigger problem that needs to be solved with these types of systems is to allow them to successfully identify that a person is the same person as one they already have a pic of. Different angles, lighting, haircuts, glasses, and age all make it very difficult for these type of systems to accurately identify that the person is the same person.

Dynastius

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> i believe everything i read. btw, identical twins don't have identical fingerprints.

jkr's bold comment

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Isn't it easier just to have a goatee detection machine?

Ethan Allison

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Yeah, but can it tell Castor Troy and Sean Archer apart?

ahow

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> VisualSkinPrint from Delean Vision was able to do this since 2004 (disclaimer: I worked there 18 months).

With an off the shelf entry level VGA webcam, we were able to tell twins apart. We travelled from France to Canada to attend a twin contest fair. And we had no issues telling twins apart.

Actually, our system didn't care about wether you were twins or total stranger. Twins have the same geometrical shape. Our system was based on skin texture and this is unique to every individual as fingerprint.

Awax

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Still can't tell you ass from your face.

cygnusx8

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> To the tech genii who came up with this, all I can say is "thank you" a hundred times over! NOW maybe I'll quite being mistaken for Brad Pitt. Such a nuisance.

* No, no, Angie. I was only kidding, I really am your Braddykins. Go back to sleep now. Kisses. *

bosskev

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @Munch:
"Do you two have the same fingerprints, though?"

Sorry M8, I hear that's too "TMI".

ANoel

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @ANoel: That's pretty cool, but it would have been WAY cooler if you just became an identical twin a few days ago... Multicellular Mitosis, FTW!

Do you two have the same fingerprints, though?

Munch the BanNail

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @ANoel: TMI

JBKing

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @Munch:
Monozygotic (Identical) twins are more identical than clones.
I have been one all my life.
My brother and I even have identical voiceprints.
Once, we combed our hair the same way, wore the same T-shirts and carefully setup a 8" x 10" camera and took highest resoltion portraits of each other. We mounted the prints on gatorboard and cut them up into 1" cubes which we threw into a brown paper bag with a nice ribbon as a Mother's Day gift.
It took our Mom more than a week to get them all reassembled correctly!
The only way you could tell who's who was to take down our pants.
David is 4 minutes older than me but I'm 4" longer.

ANoel

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Here is a great testing environment. [www.twinsdays.org] Everywhere you look you see double. This is most confusing when you have had a couple of beers.

Curves

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Damn! now my twin brother can't fill in for me at work while I'm at home drinking beer and making prank calls. How much would it cost to get a clone?

Blacksage

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @Darrone: so it'll be woth it to keep Sandra Hepburn out of your bed!

OG512

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Don't twins have different fingerprints and retinal patterns?

Munch the BanNail

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> @OG512: I'm assuming it will be built with beer-goggling uggo protection.

Darrone

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Tom Cruise can beat this hands down! Mission Impossible baby!

@Darrone:

sometimes you don't want to know if you slept with her.
**intoxicated demons**

OG512

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> I've always wondered of things like mood affect the accuracy of these things. If your initial scan happened on a good day, would you have to be happy for it to recognize you? Does aging throw it off? What about acne?

Gann

]]> <![CDATA[New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins]]> Practical application: A 100% accurate "have i slept with her" meter for college students.

Darrone

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