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Store mannequins 'spy' on you while you shop
Digital Journal ^
| November 20, 2012
| Leigh Goessl
Posted on 11/21/2012 1:42:41 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Benetton is one of the few stores in the world that are using facial recognition in a unique way. The company has installed mannequins that have a camera in the eye sockets that can watch your every move while you shop.
Smile, you're on camera. This is a phrase that is becoming the norm in today's tech-centric society. From general surveillance to collecting data through facial recognition, cameras are everywhere. Now Benetton has set up mannequins in its stores that can "see" you. What is "EyeSee"? According to Mashable, Benetton stores have installed $5,000 bionic mannequins from Almax, an Italian company that specializes in "mannequins and display forms" according to its website. These mannequins have a technology called "EyeSee", which is a camera that has facial recognition software; the camera is embedded in the mannequin's eye socket. Here's how it works [translated from the Almax website by Google Translate]:
1. Inside the pupil of the dummy there is a camera that is connected to a special software.
2 is a face recognition software, able to collect statistical data of the person who is passing in front of the manikin.
3 The software will show the customer the data that can be processed and used to understand the reactions of passers-by in front of the windows with the clothes on display....
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: lossprevention; privacy; retail; surveillance
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1984.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was thinking more along the lines of “The Prisoner”
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posted on
11/21/2012 1:47:08 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
remember that Twilight Zone episode where each mannequin would take a turn being “real” for a week or so?
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posted on
11/21/2012 1:50:58 AM PST
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/21/2012 1:52:09 AM PST
by
onyx
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To: latina4dubya
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11/21/2012 1:52:38 AM PST
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onyx
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am going to scowl at every store window.
Will be fun.
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posted on
11/21/2012 1:53:50 AM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(There goes the dominoes...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/21/2012 1:58:37 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Pick your nose and scratch your butt, too.
Might as well give ‘em a real show.
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posted on
11/21/2012 2:00:06 AM PST
by
Salamander
(If animals could speak, mankind would weep. Anthony Douglas Williams)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is truly creepy.
Remember that Twilight Zone episode, about the store mannequin who comes to life for a day? I think it was Anne Francis in the lead (maybe?).
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posted on
11/21/2012 2:06:45 AM PST
by
jocon307
To: latina4dubya; F15Eagle; onyx
LOL, we all thought of that episode!
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posted on
11/21/2012 2:08:18 AM PST
by
jocon307
To: F15Eagle
that’s the one! thank you!
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posted on
11/21/2012 2:10:15 AM PST
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Covering eyes and wearing black asymmetrical make-up just became way more popular!
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posted on
11/21/2012 2:14:08 AM PST
by
Casie
(Chuck Norris 2016)
To: Casie
Covering eyes and wearing black asymmetrical make-up just became way more popular!
Or just a quick way to be flagged as a possible suspect for 'special treatment'.
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posted on
11/21/2012 3:14:45 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: abb
Thanks for the laugh.....
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posted on
11/21/2012 3:15:04 AM PST
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Big Brother, Big Sister, the whole family is watching you! Orwell was a bit timid in his prophecy.
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posted on
11/21/2012 3:56:53 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
.
Shoplifting is a huge problem -
Employee theft is even worse.....
.
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posted on
11/21/2012 4:31:53 AM PST
by
devolve
( ---- ---- ---- -CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER_CHEESEBURGER- ---- ---- ---- ---- John Belushi ---- ----)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Give the computer something to mess it up!
To: onyx
No stores in the US.No stores in the US that admit it yet.
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posted on
11/21/2012 6:18:30 AM PST
by
bgill
(We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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