Ugh, doormen. Always with their hands out for tips and holiday bonuses, always romancing the residents, or winning the lottery and lording it over everyone. Of course they have a union, and the average doorman in New York City can make about $40,000 per year. But their days may be numbered, because voice and face recognition technology is poised to render them obsolete. 30,000 doormen will see their contract expire next month, and today The Post, ever on the side of the working man, gives some free advertising to a company that wants to replace these burdensome humans with "biometric doors" costing $15,000.
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High-Maintenance Doormen Could Be Replaced by Technology
Aerial Tour of New York
Someone made a vertigo and nausea-inducing virtual tour of New York (where it might even be possible to recreate the 4/27/09 shot). The aerial shots can start off from above Times Square, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Downtown, Central Park or Governors Island. And before you know it, with some points and clicks, you are pretty much just like Superman, albeit listening to new age synth pop.
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