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It can be hard to stand out in the crowd on the web. To boost the memorability of faces online, Aditya Khosla at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has designed software that tweaks photos. His team gave a memory test to online volunteers to identify memorable faces. They then tweaked photos, changing the face or eye shape slightly, for example, to make them look more like the memorable faces. The changes resulted in a 10 per cent jump in memorability. Khosla presented the technique at a computer vision conference in Sydney, Australia, last week.
鈥淭he balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual鈥� An open letter in all major US newspapers signed by leading tech firms, including Apple, Facebook and Google,
Attack of the zombie drones
The zombies are coming. A hacker has shown how easy it is to use one drone to hijack another, allowing someone else to take control of its flight. The SkyJack software written by Samy Kamkar sniffs out a drone鈥檚 Wi-Fi control signal, which is usually unencrypted. It then severs that wireless connection and establishes itself as the controller 鈥� allowing the drone鈥檚 flyer to make the other drone do their bidding. Kamkar has made the code available for anyone to download.
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See through animal eyes
Want to know how your cat or dog sees the world? Now you can look through their eyes in the first 3D game to accurately recreate the vision of different species. The simulation from 3D design company Dassault Syst猫mes, based near Paris, mimics the vision of five animals 鈥� cats, dogs, rats, hawks and bees. Players can steer them through the city鈥檚 Place Vend么me. Watch the video at .
