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Wow, Google Can Detect Faces Through the Internet

Currently, Google is getting a great course. With face detection technology it possesses, the giant search engine that can detect and recognize a person’s face via the internet. The reason, Google just acquired face recognition technology from a software company, Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, or commonly called PittPatt.

However, the technology is still not clear which will be used by Google. But if this feature is used then the possibility of Google services to recognize objects in video, pictures or photographs. Sources of PittPatt said Google already has the technology vision that has been applied to several Google services, among others, image search, YouTube and Picasa.

Google itself has not revealed the source will implement this exciting application. Unless the Google has strong privacy protection. However, with the presence of social networking sites Google +, it are quite possible this technology will be used.

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