How do our brains reconstruct the visual world?
Without the brain constantly computing as a visual processor, the visual information we receive through our eyes would remain a chaotic, jumpy mess.
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Computer Vision
Selfies Reveal Your PIN
A German researcher known as Starbug has demonstrated that it is possible to extract a smartphone PIN code from a selfie image.
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Video Friday: The Coming Transhuman Era — Jason Sosa at TEDxGrandRapids
Jason Sosa founder of computer vision and artificial intelligence company IMRSV on the coming transhuman era.
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Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Creativity
At Rutgers' Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, my colleagues and I proposed a novel algorithm that assessed the creativity of any given painting, while taking into account the painting’s context within the scope of art history. The results show that humans are no longer the only judges of creativity. Computers can perform the same task – and may even be more objective.
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Synthetic Selves
Synthetic bodies, mediated selves. What themes become relevant in a technoprogressive world – as objects proliferate, what do the inundated people talk about? You are alone, at a computer. You talk to people but they are not around.
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Video Friday: The Future of Computation & Knowledge: Stephen Wolfram at HITS
Stephen Wolfram recently gave a talk in the Studio Villa Bosch conference center: "The Future of Computation & Knowledge."
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Gain Superpowered Vision WIth Scalable Function Graphics
Machine learning technique transforms low resolution images into scalable mathematical functions that can reconstruct high resolution images from thumbnails.
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Order Pizza With Your Subconscious Mind (And Eye Tracking Software)
Pizza Hut knows what you really want — “the world’s first subconscious menu.”
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Enter the World of the Surrogates
Ever since I was a kid I have been interested in an episode of Batman The Animated series, in which a fight scene takes place between a robotic version of Bruce Wayne, AKA Batman, called a "duplicant", basically a robot that duplicates a human.
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