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Seeing the Forest For the Trees

Posted by kdawson on from the i-can-see-clearly-now dept.

swframe writes "A new object recognition system developed at MIT and UCLA looks for rudimentary visual features shared by multiple examples of the same object. Then it looks for combinations of those features shared by multiple examples, and combinations of those combinations, and so on, until it has assembled a model of the object that resembles a line drawing. Popular Science has a summary of the research. I've been working on something similar and I think this accomplishment looks very promising."

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  1. The plot thickens by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have the sinking feeling that this was created by the Italians to facilitate their global dandruff conspiracy against me.

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  2. Re:This is a realization of David Marr's early wor by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, two people or groups can arrive at the same conclusion, because it was obvious in the first place. And why is it so appropriate? What if the work had been done elsewhere, would that be inappropriate or offensive?

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  3. Re:Wow - that's strange... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You all should start a newsletter! I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe!

  4. Re:dogs etc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When I was five years old, I thought that dogs and cats were the same species, and that dogs were the male of the species and cats were the females.

  5. Re:Wow - that's strange... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sign me up too, honky!