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As part of the 2007 celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the IU Bloomington Office of Diversity Education hosted the Human Race Machine at IU. Developed by Nancy Burson, the machine allows users to views themselves in six different races, as well as age themselves 40 years and create a composite of two different users faces.
Hillary Demmon takes her picture using the Human Race Machine.
Volunteer Sean Cork instructs Hillary Demmon on using the Human Race Machine.
Sean Cork looks on as Allison Cooke captures her image with the machine.
Allison Cooke plots points on her image so the software can recognize her facial features.
The Human Race Machine allows users to see what they may look like with features of another race.
Allison Cooke examines her new features.