Beijing Normal University used two face-scanning machines for student registration on Sunday, the first day of the new semester. After scanning a student's face for two seconds, a digital photo with the student's name, student ID, and major is created. Students can share the digital photo online with their family and friends, and they can also print it out for free. The university will finish capturing facial images of all the students on Tuesday. The face identification technology will be used to control access to student dormitories this semester. Students will be required to swipe their cards and use facial recognition to gain access. If they forget their student cards, they can speak their names into the machine, which has a sound recognition function, or enter their student ID and password. Then they still have to scan their faces to gain access. "I heard about the face identification system just a few days ago," said Lu Jiabao, a third-year master's degree student at BNU. "It will be convenient if we forget to bring our student cards because we will be able to get in by scanning our faces," Lu added. Ma Liang, a doctoral student said the newly installed system will increase security. "People who don't live in the building will not be able to get in even if they have student cards," Ma said. Cheng Si and Zhang Yi contributed to this story. custom rubber braceletsrubber bracelets custom cheapcustom silicone wristbandssilicone keychain
HONG KONG -- Four candidates have won the 2018 Legislative Council (LegCo) by-election of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Hong Kong's Electoral Affairs Commission said on Monday.Tse Wai-chuen, Cheng Wing-shun and two other candidates were elected to the sixth LegCo.The by-election was held on Sunday from 7:30 am local time (2330 GMT Saturday) to 10:30 pm local time (1430 GMT). The by-election filled four vacancies in membership of the LegCo, including three geographical constituencies vacancies in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West and New Territories East; and one vacancy for the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency.At the swearing-in ceremony of LegCo in 2016, six members were disqualified by the court for invalid oath taking. The by-election filled four of the six vacancies. The other two vacancies are temporarily left to be filled as the two disqualified members were appealing against the ruling.The LegCo is the legislative body of the HKSAR. Each term of office of the legislative council is four years, except for the first term when it was set to be two years. The term of office of the sixth LegCo began on Oct 1, 2016.
