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Creepy App for San Francisco Bars
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: May 18, 2012 07:57PM
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/scenetap-poised-to-creep-out-san-francisco-bar-patrons/
On Friday afternoon, about 20 bars around San Francisco are set to have special "facial detection" cameras turned on as part of a new smartphone app by Chicago-based startup SceneTap.
The cameras, which are mounted above the door of their client bars, scan patrons’ faces as they enter and exit the bar. The company’s software then immediately determines whether the person is male or female, and counts how many of each are in the bar, divides that by the known capacity of the bar, and then outputs something like: "Crowd: >90% full | Women: 58% | Men: 42%."
On Friday afternoon, about 20 bars around San Francisco are set to have special "facial detection" cameras turned on as part of a new smartphone app by Chicago-based startup SceneTap.
The cameras, which are mounted above the door of their client bars, scan patrons’ faces as they enter and exit the bar. The company’s software then immediately determines whether the person is male or female, and counts how many of each are in the bar, divides that by the known capacity of the bar, and then outputs something like: "Crowd: >90% full | Women: 58% | Men: 42%."
Re: Creepy App for San Francisco Bars
Posted by:
Genevieve
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Date: May 18, 2012 09:07PM
That is creepy. However, there are some good things about San Francisco bars... like bartenders know how to make a decent cocktail.
Re: Creepy App for San Francisco Bars
Posted by:
bar-not-hopper
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Date: May 19, 2012 09:00AM
For those who go to bars to "meet up" it sounds like a cool app (I =hated= bars when I was younger - never fit into that or the disco scene at all! Lol!).
However, San Francisco (of all places) has plenty of bars where you might see:
>>> Crowd: >90% full | Women: 95% | Men: 5%
and suggest you've hit GOLD!
(...)
However, San Francisco (of all places) has plenty of bars where you might see:
>>> Crowd: >90% full | Women: 95% | Men: 5%
and suggest you've hit GOLD!
(...)
Re: Creepy App for San Francisco Bars
Posted by:
Seen it
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Date: May 19, 2012 09:53AM
You are not kidding about that. I went to a straight bar in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, and was surprised to see over 80% women and the rest men. I had so much fun when i was a there few yrs ago that i didn't want to leave. Even though it was located at the gay part of the city, it was straight bar.
Re: Creepy App for San Francisco Bars
Posted by:
You Didn't Look Close Enough
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Date: May 19, 2012 10:03AM
Seen it Wrote:
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> You are not kidding about that. I went to a
> straight bar in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, and
> was surprised to see over 80% women and the rest
> men. I had so much fun when i was a there few yrs
> ago that i didn't want to leave. Even though it
> was located at the gay part of the city, it was
> straight bar.
Ummm, dude... those weren't women. At least not original equipment. lol
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> You are not kidding about that. I went to a
> straight bar in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, and
> was surprised to see over 80% women and the rest
> men. I had so much fun when i was a there few yrs
> ago that i didn't want to leave. Even though it
> was located at the gay part of the city, it was
> straight bar.
Ummm, dude... those weren't women. At least not original equipment. lol