As technology becomes more advanced, it becomes integrated into our world in ways in which we have little control. Before you know it, our society may look more like something out of Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, which has been referenced ad nauseam in regard to iris scanning and Big Brother speculation. Biometric technologies are creating quite a stir as new applications and inventions are released into the public sector.The website, FastCompany.com mentions a biometrics research and … [Read more...]
Eye Tracking: Iris Scanning to be the Ultimate Reference Point?
September 1, 2010 by at 2:40 pm
As iris recognition technology advances, it is becoming a far superior alternative to biometric fingerprint scanning. The technology site Fast Company just posted an article in which they interviewed Jeff Carter of Global Rainmakers Inc., a company that reportedly has big plans for iris scanning in the future.Global Rainmakers Inc (GRI) went with iris scanning based on problems with reference data. There isn’t a way to link all data about us together, Carter explains. “It’s one of the reasons … [Read more...]
Driving Around the Bend: Eye Tracking for Curve Navigation
August 31, 2010 by at 10:30 am
You've likely seen a car commercial in which the driver is stealthily navigating a rural road with sharp twists and turns. How do they do that? Where do they look? A recent article at Physorg.com notes that it is well documented that when negotiating winding roads, a driver typically looks at a specific and well-defied point on the lane marking. This is known as the tangent point. But new research shows that the further a driver looks ahead, particularly in left-hand curves, wide curves, and when … [Read more...]
Iris Recognition: The Fingerprint of the Eye
August 30, 2010 by at 9:45 am
There are going to be plenty of obstacles as new technologies are unveiled, and iris scanning is certainly no exception. Researchers are now saying that an aging iris makes for less accurate scanning over time (see about Hamming distance in a recent post on Eye Tracking Update). Many businesses don’t want to deal with fingerprinting, and it can be quite expensive to install the proper equipment and maintain them in working order.Fingerprint scanning originally promised an easy alternative for … [Read more...]
Streamlining Digital Archives With Eye Tracking
August 25, 2010 by at 3:15 pm
Digital archiving is an idea that’s slowly creeping into the workplace and it’s only a matter of time before more professionals, offices, and consumers start making it a part of their daily lives. It’s involved in our daily multi-tasking on the PC to some extent, and depending on your job, you may already be using it. When it comes to the medical industry, it’s really an invaluable idea.Digital archives of biomedical imagery could certainly put the necessary critical information at doctors’ … [Read more...]
Eye Tracking: Does Sexual Gaze Affect Reproductive Behavior?
August 24, 2010 by at 2:03 pm
We have all become accustomed to lives filled with stress. Modern day lifestyles are fast paced and chaotic despite the negative impact on our health. High blood pressure, obesity, and fatigue are all well known consequences, but there is more than just these. A recent publication set out to study how stress affects reproductive behavior, and gaze tracking came in handy for the testing process.While stress is a common phenomenon in the animal world, it’s no wonder that humans have grown accustomed … [Read more...]
Eye Tracking: Uncertainty in Iris Localization
August 23, 2010 by at 4:19 pm
In a study coming from Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK, researchers have come up with a Bayesian solution to the problem of locating irises in an image known to contain a face. We’ve written a few articles about new security cameras that can provide iris recognition from afar or for unwilling or non-compliant suspects in a security check, so adding some detail on the processes behind some of these ideas could be helpful to our readers.Locating irises has been a problem for many eye tracking … [Read more...]
Biometric Devices: Jaw Movement to Control a Wheelchair
August 22, 2010 by at 9:00 am
HMI, or Human-Machine Interaction is a field that is rapidly advancing as technology becomes more sophisticated. Development teams all over the world are seeking more ways to integrate interaction with machines into our daily lives. Eye tracking is just one of many HMI technologies that have emerged.In a study published at The University of Essex, UK, researchers Lai Wei and Huosheng Hu have presented a new human-machine interaction (HMI) device designed for hands-free control of electric wheelchairs. … [Read more...]
Surprise! Eye Tracking Shows Men Look at Women and Men
August 21, 2010 by at 9:00 am
A post on the blog Think Eye Tracking discusses something they’ve learned about research results: people don’t always tell the truth. They set out to create a test showing how it can happen and, more importantly, how eye tracking can be used as a window into people’s subconscious thought processes.Think Eye Tracking performed an experiment showing two images side by side, one depicting a male in a tight pair of swim trunks and the other a female in a bikini. Study participants donned an … [Read more...]
GazeHawk Makes Eye Tracking More Affordable
August 20, 2010 by at 9:00 am
More eye tracking and heat map news from the World Wide Web. Typically, you’ve got just a pair of choices when it comes to site heat mapping. You can buy the necessary equipment, often cost prohibitive, or you can pay a consultant or expert to use their equipment. But every now and again we come across a new do-it-yourself device in the eye tracking and usability world, and the Y Combinator funded GazeHawk project might have a novel approach– webcams.GazeHawk is a less expensive alternative … [Read more...]