This camera turns people into stick figures to preserve privacy. It uses heat-sensing technology to detect and remove identifiable bodies. By Mack DeGeurin. Published Jul 16, 2024 2:16 PM EDT.

U-Mich engineers have developed a camera that renders entire scenes normally, but turns people into stick figures. Maintaining some semblance of privacy in a society where cameras are increasingly ...

These stick figures accurately mirror the movements of the real people, ensuring that devices relying on the camera can still function without compromising the privacy of individuals in view ...

The thermal imaging means that people in images can be detected and "subtracted" from images based on their thermal silhouettes, replacing them with an animated stick figure.

You're just a stick figure to this camera ... The person didn't realize their iRobot Roomba had wandered into the bathroom, and that all its photos were sent to a start-up company's cloud server.

To help people find balance, she developed a drawing exercise she calls "My Two Conflicting Selves." It asks people to draw stick figures of their competing sides, list out their wants and needs ...