Having drunk people in a crowd or at a public place is usually not be a good idea. While not everyone indulges in brawls when drunk, a crowd of sober persons is definitely lot more preferable. However, it is very hard to individually check out the sobriety of every person in places thronging with people, for instance at train stations.
To solve this problem, researchers at University of Patras are working on developing a new software that can discern whether or not a person is drunk simply through a face-scan. The software makes use of two key calculations which lets it make a reasonably accurate guess. (more…)
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