Bootstrapper recognizes tabletop computer users by their shoes

The Bootstrapper system is designed to identify users of tabletop computer systems
Bootstrapper uses depth cameras to capture images of a user's shoes to compare against a database of known shoe images
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Facial recognition might be all the rage in giving computer systems the ability to ascertain the identity of individuals - what with most people having different facial features and all. But a team from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has taken a different approach to identify users of touch-based tabletop computers like Microsoft's Surface. Instead of focusing on the face, the team has looked in the opposite direction to develop a system known as Bootstrapper which distinguishes between users based on their footwear.
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