No hiding at the back! Teacher uses facial recognition technology to see if students are BORED

The days of dozing off at the back of a classroom may soon be coming to an end. A Chinese university lecturer is using facial-recognition technology on his students to check if they're bored – and he says it could be used in wider education. Professor Wei Xiaoyong, who lectures in computer science at Sichuan University in China, developed the'face reader' to identify the emotions of his students. A Chinese university lecturer is using facial-recognition technology on his students to check if they're bored. The reader produces a'curve' for each student, showing whether they are happy or not, and giving indications of whether they are bored.