What's wrong with this guy's face?!

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Bet you can't guess what's going on with this guy's face!

I'll give you a hint.... it has to do with psychology.

Give us your best guess and I'll tell you tomorrow why all that crap is all over his face.

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Luminous dots for filming in the dark, to use to recreate how the face shape changes to lay it over a simulation?

New acne treatment?

By Hank Roberts (not verified) on 22 Aug 2007 #permalink

New Super-Adhesive Q-Tips Negatively Affects Testers Aim.

By Greg Chongva (not verified) on 22 Aug 2007 #permalink

is it similar to whats happening to the wall in the background? Just a less viscous version?

More seriously, is it to do with the most common parts of the face people aim pea shooters at?

An experiment to see how any spitballs thrown at his face he can tolerate before becoming angry?

Seriously, my guess is some type of facial motion tracking.

"has to do with psychology" could be a red herring or a clue.

computer recognition of facial expression, if red herring.

minimal data required for human recognition of facial expression if valid clue.

That's some serious home-grown hardware. Look at those macs! And the chair! Maybe they're doing a study on what it would feel like to do face-rec in the 1980s if the person responsible for organizing the experiment not only possessed race-rec technology packed into hardware casings of his/her own time, but was also really drunk.

(non-sideburns)

1. spit wads
2. unfortunate shaving cream explosion
3. water torture using milk

He tried to drink milk straight from the cow?

Uhmmm... they painted his fingertips to see if he touched his face while typing?

Ok, had to try...

He's almost finished being beamed down by Scotty. (Looks like he came through a 20-year time warp.)

By hip hip array (not verified) on 22 Aug 2007 #permalink

He's a tester for a new electric toothbrush: the top speed is still a little too high.

By hip hip array (not verified) on 22 Aug 2007 #permalink

Wouldn't facial recognition benefit from more points around the eyes? And maybe fewer around the nose? Perhaps the measurement is skin temperature changes with altered blood flow due to changes in emotion.

By hip hip array (not verified) on 22 Aug 2007 #permalink

Ok its 'Tomorrow' wheres the answer?