Now, this is all a little bit BA-NANAS, but that’s science for you.
Little George of Cambridge has already grown from an ADORABLE royal baby into an ADORABLE royal toddler, but some people are eager to predict the future, and have tried to figure out what the little tot will end up looking like later in life.
Scientists at the University of Bradford have in fact developed aging software with the ability to predict the future appearance of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s 2-year-old. Yikes, we don’t know whether this is all not a little tad too creepy, so we’ll let you decide.
The software, developed by professor of Visual Computing at the university, uses an algorithm that analyzes facial features combined with heredity data to create a portrait of an individual at various ages. Scientists have used the technology to predict what George will look like at 7, 20, 40 and 60 years old.
“So we take these – roughly 30 to 40 facial features we take from the face – and we use these facial features; we map it into the machine and then we produce the age,” explains product developer Hassan Ugail.
According to the scientist, these predictions are up to 80% accurate.
“So what we’ve done in the case of George, we’ve taken his picture and then we’ve actually taken facial features and then aged him.”
We, however, think little George is SO cute at two, we feel no need to rush into seeing him as an adult!
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