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The value-add for Cermaq Group AS, which is developing tech to keep its farm-grown salmon healthier along the Norwegian coast, is that it will be able to track infectious diseases like sea lice in order to separate sick fish from the rest of the healthy population.<\/p>
“We can build a medical record for each individual fish,” Harald Takle, the company’s head researcher, told Bloomberg<\/em>. “This will be like a revolution.”<\/p> Fish aren’t the only animals subject to facial recognition. Farmers are also exploring<\/a> ways to use the tech to track the health of cows; earlier this year, researchers developed a system that identifies individual primates<\/a> for conservation purposes.<\/p> At least these animals (unlike humans) won’t have to try to answer the troubling questions about privacy<\/a> and government surveillance<\/a> that come up when we consider our own relationship with facial recognition technology.<\/p> READ MORE<\/strong>: Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces to Fight Killer Lice<\/a> [Bloomberg<\/i>]<\/p> More on facial recognition: Facial Recognition Tech Catches Traveler With Fake Papers<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p> Follow this link: Something Fishy Do all fish look alike? Well, not to a computer. You\u2019d be excused if you weren\u2019t even sure fish had faces Continue reading Fish Forward<\/h2>
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