Drew Wilson
April 14th, 2011, 02:39 PM
Santa Monica, California (CNN) -- Computers used to be blind, and now they can see.
Thanks to increasingly sophisticated algorithms, computers today can recognize and identify the Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa or a can of Budweiser.
Still, despite huge technological strides in the last decade or so, visual search has plenty more hurdles to clear.
At this point, it would be quicker to describe the types of things an image-search engine can interpret instead of what it can't. But rapid progress, coupled with the growing number of brilliant minds taking up the challenge, is making intelligent robo-eyesight within reach.
More... (http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/04/14/google.goggles/index.html?hpt=T2)
Great news! After Stephen Harper receives that upgrade, he'll be able to see when Canadians are giving him the finger!
Thanks to increasingly sophisticated algorithms, computers today can recognize and identify the Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa or a can of Budweiser.
Still, despite huge technological strides in the last decade or so, visual search has plenty more hurdles to clear.
At this point, it would be quicker to describe the types of things an image-search engine can interpret instead of what it can't. But rapid progress, coupled with the growing number of brilliant minds taking up the challenge, is making intelligent robo-eyesight within reach.
More... (http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/04/14/google.goggles/index.html?hpt=T2)
Great news! After Stephen Harper receives that upgrade, he'll be able to see when Canadians are giving him the finger!