2018.7.30英文阅读Free face recognition sofeware for K-12 school

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RealNetworks launched a website today that allows schools in North America to download and implement its facial recognition software for free.

今日，RealNetworks 公司的网站上线，这个网站让北美的学校可以免费下载和使用该公司的面部识别软件。

The tech is currently being tested at a school in Seattle that the kids of the founder, Rob Glaser, attend. A pilot program is also being planned for the state of Wyoming later this year.

此项技术现在正在西雅图的一所学校里接受检测，该公司的创始人罗伯特·格拉泽的孩子们就在这所学校上学。一项针对今年晚些时候怀俄明州的试点项目也正在计划中。

The program helps administrators monitor who is coming onto campus. For the trial in Seattle, parents of children at the school registered their faces with the software. They can unlock a gate at the school by smiling at a surveillance camera.

该程序可以帮助管理员监测进入校园的人。在本次西雅图的试运行中，学生家长们都将他们自己的面孔注册到了软件中。他们可以通过对着监控摄像头微笑的方式打开校门。

Glaser sees his software as a way to improve safety in schools without getting into the touchy subject of gun control legislation. But it’s likely to find itself in the middle of another hot-button debate, over whether face recognition tech needs to be regulated and perhaps reined in. “I personally agree you can overdo school surveillance,” Glaser told Wired. “But I also agree that, in a country where there have been so many tragic incidents in schools, technology that makes it easier to keep schools safer is fundamentally a good thing.”

格拉泽将他的软件视为一种解决方法，在加强学校安全的同时，也不会牵扯到枪支管理法这样的敏感话题。但此技术很可能会陷入到另一个重要而敏感的争论中，即人脸识别技术是否应该被管理与控制。“学校安全监管可能过火这样的看法，我个人是赞同的”，格拉泽对《连线》杂志说道。“但我同时也赞同的想法是，在一个发生了众多校园惨剧的国家里，能够让学校变得更加安全的技术本质上是一件好事”。

—————  文章来源 / MIT Technology Review

重点词汇

implement/ˈɪmplɪment/

v. 实施，贯彻，执行

attend/əˈtend/

v. 经常去，定期去

pilot/ˈpaɪlət/

adj. 试验性的，试点的

e.g.

a pilot survey, a pilot episode

Wyoming/waɪˈoʊˌmɪŋ/

n. 怀俄明州

administrator/ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtər/

n. 行政主管，机构管理人

register/ˈredʒɪstər/

v. 登记，录入

surveillance/sɜːrˈveɪləns/

n. 监视，监察

touchy/ˈtʌtʃi/

adj. 敏感的

legislation/ˌledʒɪsˈleɪʃn/

n. 法律，立法

hot-button/ˈhɑːt bʌtn/

adj. 敏感且热议的

e.g.

hot button (n.)

face recognition

面部识别，人脸识别

rein in

约束，控制

e.g.

Congress must rein in spending.