emergentfutures: SceneTap, a new app for smart phones, uses cameras with facial detection software to scout bar scenes. Without identifying specific bar patrons, it posts information like the average age of a crowd and the ratio of men to women, helping bar-hoppers decide where to go. More than 50 bars in Chicago participate. Full Story: New York Times Oho! Maybe I’ll subscribe to the NYT once I’m getting a paycheck again. I miss the puzzles :D
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SceneTap, a new app for smart phones, uses cameras with facial detection software to scout bar scenes. Without identifying specific bar patrons, it posts information like the average age of a crowd and the ratio of men to women, helping bar-hoppers decide where to go. More than 50 bars in Chicago participate.

Full Story: New York Times

Oho! Maybe I’ll subscribe to the NYT once I’m getting a paycheck again. I miss the puzzles :D

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