The researchers say their system, called HIrisPlex, can predict either blue or brown eye colors with about 94 percent accuracy.
What seems simple has taken years of research to overcome the problem of reading different eye colors and allowing for head movement so people can relax while using the systems.
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Grass-green ones, as well as Porches and Ferraris in eye-catching colors speeding around highways and streets.
Nokia has a good eye for hardware colors and the Lumia 620 offers the most shades yet -- seven in total.
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The V2 offers a new 14.2-megapixel CX-format super high-speed CMOS sensor that has been engineered to allow for amazing image quality that exhibits eye-catching colors, rich hues and striking detail.
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By comparing genomes across thousands of people, researchers identified genetic variations at 24 different points in the human genome that are linked with eye and hair colors, which past studies used to help determine the appearance of people who had died relatively recently.
A.T. mice, now available for pre-order in three eye-catching new colors.
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It's no longer just about bold solid colors or eye-catching metallics.
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Based on the svelte lines of Caribbean workboats, and available in a bouquet of vibrant colors, Caribianas are eye-grabbers.
And finally, an exclusive laptop case designed by Razer, available in the four iconic colors of these Transformers, delivers a sleek and eye-catching storage solution for your gaming on the go.
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For Changizi, this research on primates and color vision suggests that people's perception of colors must be consistent, given the way the eye's cones detect these specific subtle shifts in skin tone.
And when we asked if a Honda executive really did tell a Japanese newspaper that the colors are meant to "match a woman's eye shadow, " we're told yes -- with no tinge of regret that some women might find such a comment offensive.
Material for each color is deposited on the substrate through a fine metal mask, with one mask used for each color so that colors line up in a precise, very close pattern that, to the human eye, appears to create one pixel, or point of light.
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