Year: 2012

Those of you with children may sometimes find yourselves challenged to correctly identify the objects in art "masterpieces" created by your offspring ("That's a great cow…or is it a horse? Oh…it's a dog…now I see…"). Soon (if not now), according to researchers at Brown University and the Technical University of Berlin, you might be able […]

Apple's unveiling of the iPhone 5 (along with other related announcements) wasn't the only notable tech news this past week. Intel also held its yearly U.S. Developer Forum, and Dadi Perlmutter's Tuesday morning keynote showcased several notable embedded vision demonstrations. SoftKinetic (company video shown above) is one of a number of software-only and software-plus-hardware developers

As many of you likely already realize, Apple announced two new camera-inclusive handhelds on Wednesday, the iPhone 5 smartphone (shown above, and also available in black) and the fifth-generation iPod touch. Both represent notable upgrades from their predecessors, both in terms of their image sensors and the image processing hardware connected to them. However, a

In Saturday's writeup, I mentioned that two companies had recently joined the Embedded Vision Alliance, Synopsys and VanGogh Imaging. Actually, as of earlier this week, there are three new member entries; I'm happy to pass along the news that Aptina Imaging is also now a member, and I'll get them added to the member area