"A cigarette vending machine that can tell adults from minors by determining their approximate ages based on bone structure, wrinkles and the way their skin sags went on sale Monday".
Source: New Vending machine can identify minors,
Daily Yomiuri,
November 13th, 2007
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20071113TDY03102.htm
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Book - Reliable Face Recognition Methods:
System Design, Implementation and Evaluation
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