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Build a Face-Recognizing Safe with a Raspberry Pi


Having a safe is a great way to store your valuables, and now you can lock them away in a DIY, face-recognizing setup with a some free software, a Raspberry Pi, and a Pi camera.

Tony DiCola and David Scheltema at Make put together a step-by-step guide for installing and configuring the software, connecting the components, and mounting the Pi on the safe door. The free software is based on OpenCV, a small program that runs well on a Raspberry Pi, and the camera is just a proper Pi camera module.

Once everything is all set up, you train the installed software to recognize your face and hide your prized possessions away. If you're concerned with thieves printing out a picture of your face, fear not: first of all they would have to know it's a face-recognizing safe, and second, you can adjust the sensitivity to make the software much stricter. For the complete build guide, check out the link below.

Face Recognition Treasure Safe | Make via Adafruit