Researchers at University College London have developed a new piece of software that enables the use of low-cost thermal cameras attached to mobile phones to track the rate of a person’s breathing
An Israeli start-up firm has developed a far infrared thermal camera for autonomous vehicles that is able to detect people, animals or objects in the road using deep learning computer vision algorithms
Product design firm Cambridge Consultants has built a smart recycling unit that uses both machine vision and machine learning to help consumers identify what waste can be recycled in shops or commercial buildings
The heavens open on Jessica Rowbury as she looks at the science behind the sweet smell of summer rain
A new approach to thermal imaging incorporating machine learning has been developed that improves the classification of objects at distances up to 1,500 metres
Mathew Daniel at data management software provider Sciemetric Instruments explains the importance of centralised data collection in factory automation, and why image data is a key part of that
Researchers have used a facility featuring hundreds of video cameras to teach a computer to recognise and understand the body language of multiple people in real time
At Laser World of Photonics in Munich, the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging was displaying a number of imaging project demonstrators, including a methane gas camera being built in collaboration with M Squared Lasers
Boaz Arad, a PhD student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, has been awarded the EMVA Young Professional Award 2017 for his work on computer vision and hyperspectral imaging
A team from Purdue University will compete in SpaceX’s second Hyperloop Pod Competition with a transport pod running multiple cameras as part of its location system
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, writes about the importance of free trade for the machine vision sector, and what the VDMA is doing to promote this
Greg Blackman explores some novel ways of imaging glass, including a 3D technique to measure the flatness of glass panels
Matthew Dale discovers how emerging imaging technologies could make our roads safer and help manage congestion
The agri-food industry is on the verge of a revolution thanks to advances in precision farming. Machine vision plays a crucial role in these advances, as Keely Portway finds out
Jeff Bier, founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance, discusses the four key trends driving the proliferation of visual perception in machines
