In your face, in 3-D Jul 25, 2008
Image database adds dimension to fight against insurgents, criminals. By Bill HessHerald/Review. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Microsoft launches hunt for Britain's most iconic sites Jun 29, 2008
Cynthia Crossley, of Microsoft, said: "Images are a huge part of everyday life and we're visually stimulated everywhere we go. "This campaign will let the public search Live Search's vast image database to create a digital gallery of the best and most popular British images for people all over the UK to enjoy. " The top ten winners in each category will go forward to create the list of 100 British icons. Among the categories are art and culture, views and vistas, news and current affairs, style... (Telegraph.co.uk)
New System Helps Police Match Tattoos To Suspects Jun 21, 2008
Jain s team is continuing its research to improve the tattoo image matching performance in collaboration with the Michigan State Police Identification Section, which has provided him access to its large tattoo image database. His research team consists of Rong Jin, an MSU assistant professor of computer science and engineering, and Jung-Eun Lee, an MSU doctoral student in computer science. (Science Daily)
New Image-recognition Software Could Let Computers 'See' Like Humans Do May 27, 2008
The image database and software to enable searches of the database, are being made publicly available on the web. Of course, a system using drastically reduced amounts of information can't come close to perfect identification. (Science Daily)
Microsoft to Launch Worldwide Telescope This Month May 10, 2008
More precisely, it will also allow viewing Earth similar to NASA World Wind, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Earth, although it will not be powered by Virtual Earth and it will only share the image database with it. "This is taking data that's very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making it accessible," said Gates, during a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to PC World. (eFluxMedia)
Global paedophile search May 7, 2008
The photographs were also entered into Interpol's Child Abuse Image Database (ICAID) for a digital comparison of images received and stored in ICAID from around the world. "When we made a similar appeal last year, it was information provided by the public which helped identify and locate Christopher Paul Neil, who is now in jail facing child abuse charges," said Noble. (iAfrica.com)
GOL Launches Press Channel on IR Site Mar 29, 2008
A glossary of airline terms and frequently asked questions is available, as well as an image database with photos for download and press releases from GOL. There is also a quick and simple registration option for those who wish to receive real-time alerts with the latest news from the Company. The press channel conveniently organizes the information journalists need most often. (PR Newswire)
Report advises against new national database of ballistic images Mar 6, 2008
Its report recommends ways to improve the usefulness of an existing ballistic image database limited to ballistics evidence associated with crimes that is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and used by more than 200 state and local law enforcement agencies. It also recommends further research on "microstamping," a technique that imprints unique marks on guns or ammunition. (EurekAlert!)
Visualizing and clustering high throughput sub-cellular localization imaging Feb 4, 2008
There are many potential applications such as image database curation, semi-automated interactive classification, outlier detection and reference image comparison. By allowing the observation of the full range of imaging data available using modern microscopes these methods will provide an invaluable tool for cell biologists. (BioMed Central)
Google Patent Imagines Robots Indexing The Grocery Aisle Jan 7, 2008
The image database behind Google Maps Street View happens to contain many street scenes of with this sort of text. Being able to query for store names captured in Street View photos might be a useful way to conduct local searches. (InformationWeek)
Interpol urges co-operation in child porn fight Dec 13, 2007
And the reason for that is so to avoid duplication of efforts by police, said Anders Persson, a Swedish detective inspector currently seconded to Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France where he is responsible for the international police organization's Child Abuse Image Database (ICAID). One challenge faced by police is that child pornography images might be coming from anywhere in the world making it extremely difficult to identify some of the young victims. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
CAPTCHAs For Social Good? Oct 23, 2007
Instead of building an image database item by item, the project could take advantage of time spent identifying CAPTCHAs. In such a scenario, the system could test a user attempting trying to post on a blog by asking them to decipher a GroZi photo instead of a traditional CAPTCHA.. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Interpol in rare sex abuse appeal Oct 8, 2007
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Making an Impression Aug 20, 2007
Four Marmottan sketchbooks are presented, alongside "interactive computer kiosks, faithful to the Clark's renowned tradition of marrying research to education." Their interactive image database of the sketchbooks' complete contents is searchable by subject, date or keyword. Catalogue authors/curators are Mr. Ganz, Marlton curator of prints, drawings and photographs; and Mr. Kendall, curator-at-large. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
Digital Globe's next satellite launches Sept. 18 Aug 14, 2007
WorldView-1 will add to the commercial image database offered for sale by the Longmont-based company. It also will provide images for the federal government's National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency under its NextView program designed to bolster national security intelligence. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
RCMP looks to anti-porn tech Jul 4, 2007
Mounties put out a call to software developers last year to see if they could design programs that would comb through-millions of images in the Canadian Image Database of Exploited Children, or CIDEC, and find pictures or videos that match. The response, they say, has been very encouraging. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
G8 needs private sector help to end child porn May 25, 2007
The G8 has been working with Interpol for years to combat child pornography and helped it establish the International Child Sexual Exploitation Image Database, which is intended to help police identify and rescue victims of such abuse. The ministers were briefed by the head of Interpol on its activities. (Malaysia Star)
The sad saga of TJX; can it get any worse than this? Apr 7, 2007
As for the Alaskan mishap, one of the items lost was the image database of 800,000 scanned paper documents. Reconstructing the data cost about $200,000. (ITworld -- News)
Image Search To Analyze Images (Not Surrounding Text) Apr 3, 2007
Searching for blooms in an image database that was annotated using the new SML system yielded four images of flowers and one of a girl with a flower necklace. Asking for mountain brought up 5 images of mountain ranges. (Science Daily)
The New HUSQVARNA Viking(R) SAPPHIRE(TM) Sewing Machines Bring Exclusive Features to a Whole New Market Mar 12, 2007
To download a high resolution photo of the New HUSQVARNA VIKING(R) SAPPHIRE(TM) 830 and/or SAPPHIRE(TM) 850 sewing machines, visit the digital image database at: http://hv. aksess-it. (Canada Newswire)
