Tokyo Rail Billboards Scan Viewer's Age, Gender 235
eldavojohn writes "The AFP is reporting on digital billboards in Tokyo that scan for a viewer's age and gender to tailor the message to them. It's a Digital Signage Promotion Project that 11 railway companies are debuting. The head of the project said, 'The camera can distinguish a person's sex and approximate age, even if the person only walks by in front of the display, at least if he or she looks at the screen for a second.' Philip K. Dick's Minority Report draws closer every day."
hmmm (Score:2, Interesting)
waiting for it to call you a female and you are a male...
Re:The technology is already in use in the US (Score:3, Interesting)
Reference link from two years ago: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/10/digital-billboa.html [latimes.com]
Re:hmmm (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:OK, too far. (Score:3, Interesting)