Guessing Game Gives Machines Clearer Vision

by Will Knight NewScientist.com, 9 Aug 2005 A guessing game that lets players idle away a few minutes online could also teach computers how to recognise the world around them. The game, called Peekaboom, was devised by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. It harnesses the brain power of online players to train a set of powerful vision recognition algorithms. This could eventually enable computers to recognise images in a similar way to humans -- by focusing on the most relevant features. Read more