In this post I’m going to present to you how, where, and when computer vision was used by the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) that landed on Mars in 2004.
Why Deep Learning Has Not Superseded Traditional Computer Vision
Deep learning has been revolutionary. But traditional computer vision not dead yet. It is still worth studying.
Machines That Can Read Our Minds from MRI Scans
This paper claims to be able to reconstruct images that people are looking at or thinking about by analysing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Amazon Go – Computer Vision at the Forefront of Innovation
Where would a computer vision blog be without a post about the new cashier-less store recently opened to the public by Amazon? Absolutely nowhere. But I don’t need additional motivation to write about Amazon Go (as the store is called) because I am, to put it simply, thrilled and excited about this new venture. This is innovation […]
The Reasons Behind the Recent Growth of Computer Vision
In my previous post I looked at the unprecedented growth of computer vision in the industry. 10 years ago computer vision was nowhere to be seen outside of academia. But things have since changed significantly. A telling sign of this is the consistent tripling each year of venture capital funding in computer vision. And Intel’s […]
The Growth of Computer Vision in the Industry
I started out in computer vision in 2004. I was walking along the corridors of the computer science department at the University of Adelaide (in South Australia) looking at notices put up by lecturers advertising potential undergraduate thesis topics. There wasn’t much there for me until one particular topic caught my eye: developing a vision […]
Deep Learning for Computer Vision with Python Review
In this post I will be reviewing a book called “Deep Learning for Computer Vision with Python“ (DL4CV) that was recently published by Dr Adrian Rosebrock, author of “Practical Python and OpenCV” and most notably the computer vision blog PyImageSearch. I have already (highly) talked about Dr Rosebrock before on my blog in my post […]
Why Image Processing and Computer Vision is so Difficult
This is another post that has been inspired by a question posed in a forum: “What are the open research areas in image processing?”. My answer? Everything is still an open research area in image processing/computer vision! But why is this the case? You’d think that after decades of research we’d feel comfortable in saying […]
Gait Recognition is Another Form of Biometric Identification
I was watching The Punisher on Netflix last week and there was a scene (no spoilers, promise) in which someone was recognised from CCTV footage by the way they were walking. “Surely, that’s another example of Hollywood BS“, I thought to myself – “there’s no way that’s even remotely possible”. So, I spent the last […]
Lie Detection with Thermal Imaging – A Task for Computer Vision
Can thermal imaging detect if you’re lying or not? It sure can! And are there frightening prospects with respect to this technology? Yes, there are! Read on to find out what scientists have recently done in this area – and all using image processing techniques. Thermal Imaging Thermal imaging (aka infrared thermography, thermographic imaging, and infrared […]