article_snippet: Criss-crossing the stage in the style of a Silicon Valley pioneer late Sunday, Ma showed off the technology that uses facial recognition from a smartphone camera selfie as a digital signature.
article_snippet: I want to take this opportunity to demonstrate a small innovative product that we designed,' Ma said.
article_snippet: Ma used the technology to buy a gift for the mayor of Hannover
article_snippet: Today we'll show you a new technology, how in the future people will buy things online.'
article_snippet: On a smartphone Ma pressed a 'buy' button, which triggered a face-recognition routine.
article_snippet: Ma enthused that, while the industrial revolution freed workers from hard labour, the digital 'revolution... liberates the strength of the human brain'. '
article_snippet: It's not the technology that can change the world, it's the dreams behind the technology that change the world,' the 50-year-old told the audience, adding that his dream was to help small enterprises sell on a global market.