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Written by Frank Daly
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:16 |
 Age-detection technology may soon be installed in cigarette vending machines in Tokyo. New legislation in Japan requires operators of cigarette vending machines to ensure their products are not bought by people aged under 20. The technology counts skin wrinkles, crows feet, and sagging to determine if the buyer is over 20 years of age. This technology could have lots of other applications, such as leveraging the sale of anti-wrinkle creams and preventing the sale of alcohol to minors. Read more on the Reuters site.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:23 |
Technology / Science 
