FREAK-N stands for Face Recognizing Electromagnetic Arduino locK with NFC

This project is a proprietary lock system for the whole of Next Tech Lab that uses face recognition using OpenCV and Microsoft Face API. The system recognises a face from the database and provides authentication. A failsafe mechanism is included which consists of a NFC reader, all members are given NFC tags and in the unlikely case of the face recognition system failing, members can still have uninterrupted access to the lab using the provided NFC tags. The face recognition system and the NFC system are programmed on different development boards, Raspberry Pi and Arduino UNO respectively. This project was among the first ones executed at the Next Tech Lab.

NOTE: The github repos are split into two because the Face API's were integrated at a later point in time. The youtube links shows the basic NFC working.

[UPDATE Sept 2018] The arduino started behaving weirdly, resetting abruptly. Hence we ripped off the NFC and the Face Api integration and integrated the lock with our private slack channel. The code for which cannot be opened to public for security reasons.