http://blogs.technet.com/matt/archive/tags/advertising/default.aspxTags: advertisingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/matt/archive/2009/02/03/3196306.aspxTue, 03 Feb 2009 12:55:54 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3196306digitaldive0http://blogs.technet.com/matt/comments/3196306.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/matt/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3196306<p>I just read a thoroughly fascinating article about the future of advertising.&#160; Apparently it is now possible to embed small cameras into advertisements in shopping centers, airports etc., to determine key characteristics about the person watching the advert.&#160; The cameras and associated software can determine rough age, height, and even ethnicity, and then display the most appropriate ad.&#160; So a middle-aged man watching the screen may get an ad on razor blades, whilst a teenager may be displayed an <a href="http://www.xbox.com">Xbox</a> ad.&#160; <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28933674/">You can read more at MSNBC.com</a></p> <p>Whilst I was reading this article, I was presented with the following ad…</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/matt/WindowsLiveWriter/Theadsarewatchingyou_8BA7/image_2.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/matt/WindowsLiveWriter/Theadsarewatchingyou_8BA7/image_thumb.png" width="244" height="233" /></a> …and I thought, how did it know?!</p><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3196306" width="1" height="1">advertising