{"id":24690,"date":"2017-03-20T10:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=24690"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:54:44","slug":"beijing-park-dispenses-loo-roll-using-facial-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/beijing-park-dispenses-loo-roll-using-facial-recognition.html","title":{"rendered":"Beijing park dispenses loo roll using facial recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBeijing park dispenses loo roll using facial recognition<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tMachines at the Temple of Heaven park scan visitors' faces before dispensing a fixed length strip of paper.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe tourist attraction is reportedly frequented by visitors who take large amounts of loo roll home.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt has reignited debate over the lack of social graces among some Chinese.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFlushed with success<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPark officials have installed six machines at its public bathrooms in a half-month trial, with staff on standby to explain the technology to visitors. The park has retained its existing loo roll dispensers.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new machines, placed at the average heights for men and women, dispense strips of toilet paper measuring about 60 to 70cm (24 to 27.5 inches) to each person.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThey will not dispense more paper to the same person until after nine minutes have passed.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"If we encounter guests who have diarrhoea or any other situation in which they urgently require toilet paper, then our staff on the ground will directly provide the toilet paper," a park spokesman told Beijing Wanbao.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe park also upgraded the toilet paper's quality from one-ply to two-ply.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the BBC visited the toilets on Monday, the machines had been turned off. A staff member said they were not in use as there were not many visitors in the park that day.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBag-stuffing<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, Chinese media reported that visitors to the Temple of Heaven park's toilets were taking excessive amounts of toilet paper, some of whom were seen stuffing their bags.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe park has been aware of this problem for years, which began shortly after it started dispensing free toilet paper in 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt has put up posters as well as broadcast messages on its public announcement system exhorting visitors to use less paper.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trial appears to have had initial success – the park told Beijing Wanbao that the daily amount of toilet paper used in its toilets has gone down by 20%.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut it has also had teething problems. Reports said that the machines, which are supposed to scan a face in three seconds but in reality can take up to 30 seconds, had caused delays and confusion.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBeijing News said that two machines had also broken down during a recent visit over the weekend.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the dispensers may now have become an attraction in their own right.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOne cleaner told the BBC: "In the past there were a lot of cases of people taking toilet paper, with these new machines a lot of people have come by to take a look."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t'Use paper economically'<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case has both amused and exasperated Chinese netizens, who have condemned the bog-standard behaviour of those raiding the park's toilet paper supply.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Several low-class people have forced the rest of society to undertake a high-cost operation," said one user.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"This is so ironic, the paper in public toilets is meant to serve all in society, now we have to use technology to regulate it," said another.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, the Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks launched a campaign on Weibo called "Use Paper Economically, Spread Civility".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tResidents were asked to take a pledge to "take appropriate amounts of toilet paper with no wastage" from public parks.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-39324431<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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