Tokyo Olympics will use facial recognition to bolster security

Tokyo Olympics will use facial recognition to bolster security

According to NEC vice president Masaaki Suanuma, the technology is accurate 99.7 percent of the time.

He said the “number will not change” regardless of a person’s nationality, size or height.

During the press event, NEC’s face recognition system was able to identify people in wheelchairs and of varying heights.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/tokyo-olympics-facial-recognition/

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