Daily Archives: May 17, 2002

Couple days off

Posted on May 17, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

We’re off to the Schlitterbahn, the world’s greatest water park, for the weekend, so I probably won’t have anything more to say until Sunday night or Monday. I’ve got a few things brewing, such as a followup on Joe Katzman’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More Disturbing Technological Advances Dept.

Posted on May 17, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Using Gummi Bears, PhotoShop, and ingenuity, a Japanese cryptographer was able to create fake fingerprints that fooled fingerprint recognition systems 80% of the time. Guess maybe I’ll keep paying cash at Kroger for awhile longer. Thanks to Michael for pointing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Putting words in my mouth

Posted on May 17, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

A new breakthrough in video technology at MIT can realistically alter video images to make it appear that someone is saying something else. Read it and worry. Continue reading →

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