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This is a pretty cool tech demo and can be pretty handy in low security areas... The only problem I see with this method is that you can defeat this easily via printing the person's face and showing it to the camera.

The same concept would be pretty interesting if used with mobile phones, specially now that more and more are having front facing cameras.

What if it required that you rotate your head?

Record a video and hold an ipad up to the camera?

I thought about that - then wondered if instead of a set movement they could provide some sort of visual "Captcha" routine.

Blink right eye, rotate head left, open mouth.

Or something like that. But of course at that point I'd just rather enter my damn password.

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