If I had to choose between a blood facial and a snail facial, I’d rather choose to have acne. No, really. I just think blood belongs in a person’s veins and snails belong on the ground.
We’ve all heard about Kim K’s bloody vampire facials. Apparently, the newest beauty craze involves putting snails all over your face.
The snails are placed on the person’s face, where they’re allowed to travel freely. As they do so, the snails will leave behind a trail of mucus that is apparently rich in anti-aging properties.
You can’t just get some snails from your garden, since it calls for a special breed of African snails.
The service was launched recently in Japan, where it costs approximately $243(USD) per hour. Yep, you read that right: $243. No thanks.
[via Geekologie]
NEC has launched a $880 per month service in Japan that lets merchants profile customers using just a PC and video camera. The system uses facial recognition powered by the company's cloud computing service to estimate the gender and age of clients, along with the frequency of their shopping expeditions across multiple locations. The firm developed the "NeoFace" tracking software in-house, claiming it was the highest ranked facial recognition system in NIST and that it plans to use it for other services like "intruder surveillance" in the future. NEC added that face data is encrypted so it can't be "inadvertently disclosed," and is strictly to help retailers fine-tune their marketing strategies. After watching the system pick off face after face in the video after the break, we just hope it doesn't go rogue.
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