Facial recognition breakthrough: ‘Deep Dense’ software spots faces in images even if they’re partially hidden or Upside down

Picking faces out of a crowd is something humans are hardwired to do, but training computers to act in the same way is much more difficult.

There have been various breakthroughs in this field in recent months, but the latest could be the most significant yet.

Researchers from Yahoo Labs and Stanford University have developed an algorithm that can identify faces from various different angles, when part of the face is hidden and even upside down .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk