Last week, José Alvarez of Xilinx (whose recently published tutorial video I hope many of you have already auditioned) emailed me a heads-up on an online article titled "Make Computers See with SimpleCV — The Open Source Framework for Vision". Authored by Anthony Oliver, Chief Technology Officer at Ingenuitas, the writeup definitely piqued my interest. […]
SimpleCV: Is An “OpenCV For The Masses” Necessary? Read More +
As the early-September writeup mentioned my previous piece suggests, camera-inclusive smartphones are (by virtue of both their prevalence and their performance capabilities) an increasingly popular focus for embedded vision developers. Judging from a recent review in Wired Magazine of the new HTC MyTouch Slide 4G, the platform's imaging capabilities show no sign of plateauing. And
The HTC MyTouch Slide 4G: A Compelling Platform For Implementing “Machines That See” Read More +
A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a mesh networking system employing smartphones' cellular data links, which enabled vehicles to maximize gas mileage and minimize time spent sitting at red lights. Cars and trucks not only go, they also sometimes stop, specifically at parking spots. But finding an available and sufficient-sized spot is often a
Analytics For Vehicle Parking: Can Embedded Vision Come Knocking? Read More +
Today's news report admittedly isn't as verbose as the average, but I hope you'll still find it informative…or at least entertaining. At minimum, in contrast to some other embedded vision applications (and products targeting them) that I've written about to date, which have a futuristic (and, dare I say, speculative) aspect, the near-term, practical aspects
So a Guy Walks Into a Bar… Read More +
In last Wednesday's writeup, I mentioned that PrimeSense was reportedly discussing integration of the company's gesture-based user interface technology within various manufacturers' televisions. PrimeSense's approach, with Microsoft's Kinect as its most visible implementation, is clearly an embedded vision case study. And presumably the focus of PrimeSense's pitch to TV folks is on UI control using
A writeup I saw a few days ago at Ars Technica admittedly left me feeling not particularly fine about our species. Titled "Umpires show ethnic bias in ball/strike calls—unless they're feeling watched", its subject matter is perhaps already obvious…focusing on Major League Baseball, it summarized a recently published research paper which concluded that "In its
Electronic Goal-And-Strike Detectors: Eliminating Sports’ Biased Human Factors Read More +
My previous writeup, which discussed the emotion-and-other discernment powers of latest-generation embedded vision setups, may have raised privacy-concern red flags in some of your psyches. If that was the case, this piece will hopefully provide a counterbalancing perspective. A wonderful article from the New York Times, which I first read in print and subsequently found
Embedded Vision Gets “Ayes” For Eyes: Empowering the Disenfranchised Read More +
I suspect that at least some of you are also subscribers to BDTI's InsideDSP monthly email newsletter and, as such, may have already seen the editorial in yesterday's edition from company president (and Embedded Vision Alliance founder) Jeff Bier. The title, 'I Know How You Feel,' is a clever teaser to the subject matter inside;
Emotions In Motion: Sentiment Discernment Comes to Embedded Vision Read More +
Austin, TX, 15 September, 2011 – Sales of Explosives, Weapons, and Contraband (EWC) Detection equipment to the world’s airport authorities, amassed a significant $834.9 million in 2010, according to a recent study published by IMS Research, a leading provider of market research in the homeland security industry. In its study, IMS Research estimates aviation purchases
Terrorism Ignites Explosives Detection Market, According to IMS Research Read More +
This is a busy week in tech, with calendar-contending conferences from both Intel (the yearly Developer Forum) and Microsoft (BUILD, formerly known as the PDC i.e Professional Developers Conference) in progress here in the United States, along with Qualcomm's IQ2011 in Istanbul. I'm not in Anaheim (BUILD) or San Francisco (IDF), far from Istanbul, but
Gesture-Based Interfaces: Industry Commitments and Investments Read More +
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