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Toward a 3D Search Engine

Posted by kdawson on from the shape-matters dept.

Plasma Droid writes "NewScientistTech has a story about a 3D molecular search engine that is over 1,500 times faster than anything previously developed. The researchers, from Oxford University, developed a lightning-fast way to quickly match 3D shapes mathematically. This could not only speed up searches for new drugs, but lead to 3D search engines, for finding objects uploaded to platforms such as Google Earth, they say." The problem will be in jump-starting the supply of 3D data about molecules and everything else.

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  1. Enter Search Term: by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boobies, extra large please.

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  2. Re:WOO HOO! by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hot molecule on molecule action! See uncensored carbon bonding!

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  3. Re:Shape versus negative space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's pretty easy to geometrically hash or construct reduced feature vectors for matching. People (like me) have been doing this for years

    I bet you have to beat the chicks away with a stick.