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Computer vision

Computer vision is the science and technology of machines that see.

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Emerging Robotics Technology May Lead to Better Buildings in Less Time

Feb. 10, 2021 — Emerging robotics technology may soon help construction companies and contractors create buildings in less time at higher quality and at lower costs. Innovators developed and are testing a novel ...

Hybrid AI-Powered Computer Vision Combines Physics and Big Data

June 14, 2023 — Researchers have laid out a new approach to enhance artificial intelligence-powered computer vision technologies by adding physics-based awareness to data-driven techniques. The study offered an ...

Computer Vision Technology Effective at Determining Proper Mask Wearing in a Hospital Setting, Pilot Study Finds

Dec. 12, 2022 — In a survey and study of hospital employee volunteers, researchers found that a low-cost computer vision system was feasible and well ...

Oct. 22, 2020 — The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in ...

Optical Microphone Sees Sound Like Never Before

June 22, 2022 — A camera system can see sound vibrations with such precision and detail that it can reconstruct the music of a single instrument in a band or orchestra. Even the most high-powered and directed ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Reconstructs Motion Sequences of Humans and Animals

Mar. 8, 2023 — Imagine for a moment, that we are on a safari watching a giraffe graze. After looking away for a second, we then see the animal lower its head and sit down. But, we wonder, what happened in the ...

Tool Helps Clear Biases from Computer Vision

Oct. 1, 2020 — Researchers have developed a tool that flags potential biases in sets of images used to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The work is part of a larger effort to remedy and prevent the ...

Novel Techniques Extract More Accurate Data from Images Degraded by Environmental Factors

July 19, 2021 — A team of researchers has developed novel approaches using computer vision and deep learning to resolve the problem of low-level vision in videos caused by rain and night-time conditions, as well as ...

Engineers Combine AI and Wearable Cameras in Self-Walking Robotic Exoskeletons

Mar. 15, 2021 — Robotics researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and moving on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Novel AI Algorithm for Digital Pathology Analysis

May 23, 2022 — Digital pathology is an emerging field which deals with mainly microscopy images that are derived from patient biopsies. Because of the high resolution, most of these whole slide images (WSI) have a ...

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A Step Closer to Digitizing the Sense of Smell: Model Describes Odors Better Than Human Panelists

Aug. 31, 2023 — A main crux of neuroscience is learning how our senses translate light into sight, sound into hearing, food into taste, and texture into touch. Smell is where these sensory relationships get more ...

How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back

Aug. 23, 2023 — Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that has enabled a woman with severe paralysis from a brainstem stroke to speak through a digital ...

GPT-3 Can Reason About as Well as a College Student, Psychologists Report

July 31, 2023 — The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. The researchers who conducted the experiment write that the results prompt the ...

Surgical and Engineering Innovations Enable Unprecedented Control Over Every Finger of a Bionic Hand

July 12, 2023 — For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements that seamlessly ...

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Shh! Quiet Cables Set to Help Reveal Rare Physics Events

Sep. 21, 2023 — Newly developed ultra-low radiation cables reduce background noise for neutrino and dark matter ...

Topological Materials Open a New Pathway for Exploring Spin Hall Materials

Sep. 21, 2023 — A recent discovery in spintronics could potentially transform future electronics. A group of researchers have revealed the key role of cobalt-tin-sulfur in reducing energy consumption, unlocking new ...

Cloud Services Without Servers: What's Behind It

Sep. 20, 2023 — A new generation of cloud services is on the rise. It is based on the paradigm of 'serverless computing'. A recent article deals with the history, status and potential of serverless ...

AI Helps Bring Clarity to LASIK Patients Facing Cataract Surgery

Sep. 21, 2023 — Scientists develop computer models of patients' eyes to identify the ideal intraocular lenses and visual simulators for patients to experience how they will see with ...

Shape-Changing Smart Speaker Lets Users Mute Different Areas of a Room

Sep. 21, 2023 — A team has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to divide rooms into speech zones and track the positions of individual ...

Scientists Successfully Maneuver Robot Through Living Lung Tissue

Sep. 21, 2023 — Scientists have shown that their steerable lung robot can autonomously maneuver the intricacies of the lung, while avoiding important lung ...

Novel Organic Light-Emitting Diode With Ultralow Turn-on Voltage for Blue Emission

Sep. 20, 2023 — An upconversion organic light-emitting diode (OLED) based on a typical blue-fluorescence emitter achieves emission at an ultralow turn-on voltage of ...

Assessing Unintended Consequences in AI-Based Neurosurgical Training

Sep. 19, 2023 — A new study shows that human instruction is still necessary to detect and compensate for unintended, and sometimes negative, changes in neurosurgeon behavior after virtual reality AI training. This ...

Let It Flow: Recreating Water Flow for Virtual Reality

Sep. 20, 2023 — A research team has harnessed the power of deep reinforcement learning to replicate the flow of water when disturbed. The replication allowed for recreating water flow in real time based on only a ...

'Garbatrage' Spins E-Waste Into Prototyping Gold

Sep. 20, 2023 — Building on work in human-computer interaction that aims to incorporate sustainability and reuse into the field, researchers introduce 'garbatrage,' a framework for prototype builders centered around ...