July 29 - Nowhere to hide: Facial recognition technology can identify people in complete darkness by reading thermal signatures

Criminals operating under the cover of darkness had better watch out. Computer scientists have developed a technology that can recognise a person’s face and identify them in poor lighting and even total darkness. It uses a ‘deep neural network system’ that works a little like the human brain to analyse infrared images and match them with ordinary photos.

This is a new approach to facial recognition, which is used for biometrics, access to devices and social media tagging, for example.

At the moment, facial recognition systems tend to rely on matching clear and well-lit photos, meaning they are not useful if someone is standing in the shade, RT reported