"The cameras are watching when you drive up to IBM’s Watson Research Lab in Hawthorne, N.Y. They’re also noticing things … things such as the color of vehicle you’re driving and its license plate. When you get out of the car, another camera zooms in on your face, capturing its image and transmitting it (along with snapshots of your car and license plate) to third-party analytics systems, which then compare those bits against a database of lab employees and authorized visitors.
By the time you get to the door at Hawthorne, says Arun Hampapur, manager of IBM’s Exploratory Vision Group, the cameras have, in theory, already collected enough data to grant you access to the facility without you having to wave a key card or check in at the front desk."
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