Finding an edge
An algorithm for identifying the boundaries of objects in digital images is 50,000 times more efficient than its predecessor.
What makes an image memorable?
Hint: We tend to remember pictures of people much better than wide open spaces.
Gesture-based computing on the cheap
With a single piece of inexpensive hardware — a multicolored glove — MIT researchers are making Minority Report-style interfaces more accessible.
Seeing the forest for the trees
Object recognition systems that break images into ever smaller parts should be much more efficient and may shed light on how the brain works.