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New Software Can Tell Your Age

14 October 2008 6 Comments

Posted by Sherwin

Women who are not happy revealing their age should stay away from University of Illinois-developed computer software that shows a person’s age just by looking at his or her face.

According to Thomas S. Huang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University, the software can be useful in many ways. He said that it could stop underage drinkers from entering bars, prevent minors from purchasing tobacco products from vending machines, and deny children access to adult Web sites.

The researchers trained their computer algorithm using 1,600 different people with five pictures of each person, for a total of 8,000 images. The age of the people in the pictures ranged from one year to 93 years old.

This is not an easy task for a piece of software because the human aging process is determined not only by a person’s genes, but also by many other factors including health, living style, living location, and even weather conditions.

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  • http://www.dltube.net computer software

    Well it’s a bit tricky. In order do acurately say one persons age, the machine has to be able to determine, like you said, how is that person aging: slower of faster considering the factors you mentioned. Acuracy is crucial since there is the reverse of the medal: allowing underage drinkers into bars and such.

  • http://www.dltube.net computer software

    Well it’s a bit tricky. In order do acurately say one persons age, the machine has to be able to determine, like you said, how is that person aging: slower of faster considering the factors you mentioned. Acuracy is crucial since there is the reverse of the medal: allowing underage drinkers into bars and such.

  • Sherwin

    Thanks for your comment. As for the accuracy of the said software, Thomas Huang and his colleagues is still developing the new program to have more accuracy on age detection. As accuracy is crucial, they are still doing some research on the innovations of the program.

  • Sherwin

    Thanks for your comment. As for the accuracy of the said software, Thomas Huang and his colleagues is still developing the new program to have more accuracy on age detection. As accuracy is crucial, they are still doing some research on the innovations of the program.

  • Sherwin

    Thanks for your comment. As for the accuracy of the said software, Thomas Huang and his colleagues is still developing the new program to have more accuracy on age detection. As accuracy is crucial, they are still doing some research on the innovations of the program.

  • Sherwin

    Thanks for your comment. As for the accuracy of the said software, Thomas Huang and his colleagues is still developing the new program to have more accuracy on age detection. As accuracy is crucial, they are still doing some research on the innovations of the program.