Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Quote by Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900)
simply Oscar Wilde.

Face Geek: Paul Ekman- Facial Expression Expert

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Pauk Ekman, an emeritus professor at the University of California at San Francisco. Born in 1934, relentlessly worked on emotions and Facial expressions, now considered as one of the most eminent psychologists of this era. He is master face reader with tremendous knowledge of nonverbal behavior and interpersonal deception. Paul explored that few basic facial expressions and their corresponding emotions are independent of culture and universal to all humans and preemptively biological as hypothesized by Charles Darwin.  

Paul reported facial microexpressions  that could be used to reliably detect concealed emotions. CIA and FBI is seriously implementing his ideas in lie detection while interviewing terrorists, criminals. His greatest contribution is Facial Action Coding System, is the most exhaustive analysis of all the facial expressions. According to Paul, the basic facial expressions with distinct facial signals are 

1. SADNESS 
2. SURPRISE
3. ANGER
4. CONTEMPT
5. DISGUST
6. FEAR
7. HAPPINESS

Paul Ekman authored several books on facial expressions, some of them are listed below:

   

  

In his book "Unmasking the face" Paul explains how to identify these basic emotions correctly and how to tell when people try to mask, simulate, or neutralize them. In his video "The Art of Deciphering Facial Expressions" demonstrates 'micro-expression'.

His research made a tremendous contribution to the field of clinical psychology, law enforcement, counter-terrorism and crowd management. Please follow this link to read his biography and his research.

http://www.paulekman.com/

Human Face: Robots with ultra real human face

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Can you checkmate a creative scientist?...
One fine day a scientist told his wife I saw a lady, looked exactly like "YOU" and 
wife asked, "Was she hot ..??"
That moment scientist was checkmated, couldn't reply "Yes" or "No".
But probably that triggered a great idea..and he bounced back.

Can Robot become potential life partner if that has ultra real human face?
Let's check that.

Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro 

Humanoid robots called 'Nao' from the French robotics venture Aldebaran demonstrate their skills during a display at the French Embassy in Tokyo. Aldebaran is providing 30 Naos to Tokyo University for use in an educational program.

David Hanson identifies himself as sculptor-roboticist

David Hanson has turned it into his mission to bring robots to life, attempting to enable them to think and feel. 

The lady in picture in the center is wearing The REALFACE, not a computer graphic image.

The "three-dimension Photo Form (3DPF)" technique from Real-f makes it possible to duplicate pores, eye's blood vessels and iris exactly the same as the originals.
Check few more "THE REALFACE" high resolution samples.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-205_162-10007199.html

A model (R) pokes the face of a humanoid robot called 'Geminoid-F' (L) shaped to resemble the model. Geminoid-F, designed and built by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro and Japan's robot maker Kokoro, is equipped with 12 actuators, powered by air pressure, and her motion can be synched to imitate that of a real human being.

Check this report on Robot Faces Trigger An Emotional Choice. 
This is just a beginning, we have just triggered the creative mind ...there is lot more to come