Russian ATM scans credit applicants to determine if they’re lying
A new ATM for a Russian bank turns money machines into truth machines, using fingerprint recognition, 3-D face scans and voice analysis to determine whether customers are worthy of applying for credit cards. The Russian bank Sberbank plans to install the ATMs in bank branches and locations like malls, the New York Times says. We’ve…
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Rebecca Boyle - Popular Science
Canned air: Marcel Duchamp goes CSI
In 1919, artist Marcel Duchamp purchased a 50cc glass ampoule filled with Paris air as a souvenir for a friend; the sealed glass object was later exhibited as a readymade art piece called 50 cc of Paris Air. For his 2008 “olfactory reconstruction of Philip Johnson’s Glass House,” architect and preservation theorist Jorge Otero-Pailos sought…
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Geoff Manaugh - BLDGBLOG
