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Twifr was created at the 2015 Bitcamp Hackathon at University of Maryland College Park. Through facial recognition Twifr is able to recognize a picture of a Twitter user who tweets "twifr" or "bitcamp" at the hackathon and is able to redirect the user to their Twitter profile. Check out ChallengePost: http://challengepost.com/software/twifr-zrglj

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Twifr

Utilizing the Twitter API with Facial Recognition

What is Twifr?

Twifr allows a user to snap a picture and be redirected to the Twitter profile of the subject of the picture (as long as that person has tweeted about Twifr).

How does it work?

Twifr utilizes a real-time python script that on the event a person tweets about Twifr their profile picture is sent to a Kairos API image gallery. Now whenever that person uses Twifr to take a picture of themselves the Kairos API checks their image against the gallery and returns the most similar match.

Design Considerations

  • Speed (facial recognition should be fast)
  • Accuracy

Dependencies

  • NodeJS
  • express, imgur-node-api, request, ejs, express-session
  • Python

To-do list

  • Possibly incorporate a job candidate recognizer i.e. as candidates walk by at a job fair their face is recognized in real time and their resumes are brought up.

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Twifr was created at the 2015 Bitcamp Hackathon at University of Maryland College Park. Through facial recognition Twifr is able to recognize a picture of a Twitter user who tweets "twifr" or "bitcamp" at the hackathon and is able to redirect the user to their Twitter profile. Check out ChallengePost: http://challengepost.com/software/twifr-zrglj

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