Artist Danielle Baskin has set up Resting Risk Face, a company that will print user's faces on masks so they can use facial recognition technology while wearing them.
Baskin, who is based in San Francisco, got the idea for the facial-recognition masks after seeing people using masks to try and protect against coronavirus.
"I was discussing whether or not N95 masks were effective as a protective measure against the coronavirus and someone brought up the fact that you couldn't unlock your phone while wearing one," Baskin told Dezeen.
"My immediate thought was to put a face on the mask."

N95 masks fit over the mouth and nose to protect the wearer from liquids and airborne particles. They can be used as part of an infection control strategy, but it is not yet known how effective they are against the spread of coronavirus. Spikes in demand for N95 masks during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak have led to shortages of them.
"I was aware that it is a bit dystopian to sell a virus-related product, so I played into the dystopia," Baskin said. Resting Risk Face describes itself as a maker of "trendy dystopian product".
"I'm waiting to make them, until there's no longer a mask shortage, but in the interim, I'm running tests on different manufacturing techniques," said Baskin.

To print the facial-recognition masks, Baskin turns a 2D photo of someone's face into a 3D image to be printed on a mask.
"The new method I'm using creat...