BEFORE AND AFTER Martina Eckstut, left, and the image produced by a “beautification engine.”

The photograph on the right was doctored by the “beautification engine” of a new computer program that uses a mathematical formula to alter the original form into a theoretically more attractive version, while maintaining what programmers call an “unmistakable similarity” to the original.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/fashion/09skin.html

I wish that you could do a review on Web based things like PhotoSynth
I know it's not Hardware, but there are just so many web related tools out there now.

Oh, the pic does look better, after having the “beautification engine” applied

The 'acceptable' pretty face is a somewhat sad commentary on human nature isn't it!

I wonder what happens when they input the 'acceptable' one again.

Angelina Jolie?

The picture you posted is by far the most noticeable; most of the other pictures were either near indistinguishable or strange looking.