TIG tv | Vol. 02 No. 15: Facial Recognition Technology Will Change the Way We Live; An Epic Journey to Britain’s Most Remote Pub & more

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In 2018, machines that can read your face will go mainstream, changing the way we live. Your face will become your password, unlocking smartphones and bank accounts, but the technology will also have the power to covertly track your movements. It will even be able to guess your sexuality through facial features alone. In 2018 we’ll be forced to face the future. The human face has an astonishing variety of features which not only help us recognize others, but read and understand them through a constant flow of intentional and unintentional signals. It’s one of the unique functions that separates man from machine, until now.

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