Eyes to the front camera: Chinese facial recognition tech targets inattentive student
 

Eyes to the front camera: Chinese facial recognition tech targets inattentive students
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Surely at one point or another you've been caught daydreaming at school, but in future it might not be a teacher catching you first.

In China, the Hangzhou No. 11 Middle School is trialling a smart classroom behaviour management system which uses cameras and facial recognition to keep track of student performance.

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The system is able to measure the expressions of students, including anger, annoyance, surprise, and of course, happiness.*

According to Hangzhou Network, the system can provide an alert to the teacher when a student's inattentive behaviour reaches a certain value.* Read more...

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