MARCH 24, 2017|TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE
Theft Fighting Toilet Paper Dispensers
What do you do if you happen to run a public space plagued by people who steal your toilet paper?
If you are the administrative team at Beijing's Temple of Heaven Park, you install facial recognition on the restrooms to prevent anyone from getting too much toilet paper. Extreme or inevitable? No matter what you think about it, you have to appreciate just how true the old adage of necessity being the mother of invention happens to be. Still, facial recognition in the bathroom is pretty creepy.
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