Material World
Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.
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Material: Facial Recognition & Design Against Crime 02102008
What’s in a face? In the first few seconds it seems we are able to assess a vast amount of information about a new face - a person’s age, sex and health - related to us or a possible sexual partner. Quentin Cooper looks at new research to suggest people in different parts of the world use completely different techniques to do it. Also in the programme: Designing against crime. Why it’s not only the criminal but the environment where the crime takes place and even the design of the loot that’s to blame.
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