Comments on: #2117: FaceSafe http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2012/09/29/2117-facesafe/ Invention Of The Day Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Patrick http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2012/09/29/2117-facesafe/comment-page-1/#comment-1007846 Patrick Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:06:13 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=14940#comment-1007846 The idea was that the gun would fire normally, unless one of a small number of faces was detected. All sorts of possible problems could occur if a family member was wearing a halloween mask, for example, or turned their back, but a masked attacker would be as vulnerable as usual.

I like your idea of having family members each wear an RFID dogtag (somewhere beneath their clothing), but you’d have to make it compulsory, which as anyone with a family knows, is difficult. Maybe it could be incorporated into a small earring which was never removed (which would work better in some families than others!)

]]> By: Sam http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/2012/09/29/2117-facesafe/comment-page-1/#comment-1007845 Sam Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:22:53 +0000 http://iotd.patrickandrews.com/?p=14940#comment-1007845 Would the safety be on if a face is not detected? If so, then it would be useless in self-defense against a masked attacker. If not, then a stolen weapon could still be fired simply by covering the camera, or firing at the owner when his or her face is not visible.

Instead of facial recognition, I would suggest trying RFIDs for this sort of system.

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