[Ssc-dev] Fwd: Viewdle Sponsors $25, 000 Android Development Contest With Device Based Face Recognition SDK

[Harlo Holmes]

Yup will do!
On Aug 5, 2011 8:34 AM, "Nathan of Guardian" <nathan at guardianproject.info>
wrote:
> Harlo,
>
> Can you look into the Viewdle SDK below, in particular the device-based
> recognition capability, to see if there is anything in it we might
> harness for InformaCam?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Ssc-dev] Viewdle Sponsors $25, 000 Android Development
> Contest With Device Based Face Recognition SDK
> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 05:19:55 -0400
> From: Sam Gregory <sam at witness.org>
> To: ssc-dev at lists.mayfirst.org
>
>
>
> As more and more people, are growing concerned over privacy issues
> with server
> <
http://briefmobile.com/viewdle-now-sponsoring-the-android-homecoming-developer-challenge#
>
> based
> facial recognition technology, including Google’s Eric Schmidt who spoke
> out about it on May 31, 2011 at D9, Viewdle is responding to those
> concerns with their device side technology.
>
> Viewdle’s Chief Product Officer, Jason Mitura said: ” Fundamentally,
> Viewdle’s technology provides much more user control. We’ve been able to
> harness the processingpower
> <
http://briefmobile.com/viewdle-now-sponsoring-the-android-homecoming-developer-challenge#
>
> on
> new devices to run face recognition algorithms on the device at the
> point of capture, rather than in the cloud or on a server, so that users
> can decide how their media is being used and shared.”
>
>
http://briefmobile.com/viewdle-now-sponsoring-the-android-homecoming-developer-challenge
>
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