A subway train in Shenzhen is seen decorated with Chinese medicine advertisements in December 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang

You will soon be able to pay your subway fare with your face in China

Shenzhen’s Futian station is demonstrating 5G-backed technologies including facial recognition and payments
China’s consumers are used to mobile payments and facial recognition has been deployed to nab criminals

Published: 5:00am, 13 Mar, 2019

Updated: 5:37am, 13 Mar, 2019

A subway train in Shenzhen is seen decorated with Chinese medicine advertisements in December 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang

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The gait recognition tech in action.

Facial recognition, paired with gait recognition, could be an incredibly powerful system.

China has set ambitious goals for AI dominance.

Watrix co-founder and chief executive Huang Yongzhen.

Chinese AI start-up Watrix’s gait recognition tech being trialed by police

Published: 5:45pm, 27 Feb, 2019

Updated: 6:56pm, 27 Feb, 2019

The gait recognition tech in action.

Facial recognition, paired with gait recognition, could be an incredibly powerful system.

China has set ambitious goals for AI dominance.

Watrix co-founder and chief executive Huang Yongzhen.

READ FULL ARTICLE