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French debate on facial recognition

After trial’s 100% success rate

Brittany man first to receive double face transplant

A Brittany man, who is the first person in the world to ever receive two facial transplants, has successfully undergone his second procedure and is recovering in hospital in Paris.

Rebuilding the faces of history

Before the age of photography, and outside of the circles wealthy enough to attract portrait artists, once a person had died, their face would be forgotten. Now, in his Visualforensic workshop within a laboratory of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, Philippe Froesch is using 3D computer technology to make virtual reconstructions of the forgotten faces of history.

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Faces

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Rebuilding the faces of history

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