Near-infrared (NIR) photon detection and object recognition are crucial technologies for all-weather target identification.

Figure 1. Scheme illustration of object identification and all-optical 3D reconstruction system. (a) A contour surface image of the object can be obtained in a single processing of the system. (b) ...

With the help of a new system from Scotland's University of St Andrews, a computer or smartphone may soon be able to tell the difference between an apple and an orange, or an empty glass and a full ...

Studies using functional imaging show reliable activation of premotor cortex when observers view manipulable objects. This result has led to the view that knowledge of object function, particularly ...

(c) Sky News 2017: <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/google-reveals-object-identification-software-using-phone-camera-10881374">Google reveals object identification ...

Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft ...

It wasn’t that long ago that talking to computers was the preserve of movies and science fiction. Slowly, voice recognition improved, and these days it’s getting to be pretty usable. The technology ...