![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116014715im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Step Right Up, Let the Computer Look at Your Face and Tell You Your Age
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September 23, 2008
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Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. But, unlike age-guessers, who can view a person's body, the software works by examining only the person's face.
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Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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