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Better Robot Vision: Neglected Statistical Tool Could Help Robots Better Understand the Objects in the World Around Them (W/Video)

Featured Image: Robot thingy. SOURCE: wpclipart.com (Public-Domain).

Robots replacing Humans . . . EDITOR

From Science Daily 

Oct. 7, 2013 — Object recognition is one of the most widely studied problems in computer vision. But a robot that manipulates objects in the world needs to do more than just recognize them; it also needs to understand their orientation. Is that mug right-side up or upside-down? And which direction is its handle facing?

To improve robots’ ability to gauge object orientation, Jared Glover, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is exploiting a statistical construct called the Bingham distribution. . . . Read Complete Report

From youtube uploaded by Peter Corke

ENB339 lecture 1: Introduction to robot vision

Published on Sep 3, 2012

QUT ENB339 Lecture 2/1.

In this lecture we discuss the problem of sensing for robots, absolute and relative, and the particular advantages of vision for animals and robots. We then have a brief introduction to using MATLAB and the Machine Vision Toolbox for some simple image processing applications.

Dig a LITTLE DEEPER ~ THEI Archive “Robots Replacing Humans”.

 

ATTENTION Hollow Earth Researchers ~ Faint Young Sun: Scientists struggle to understand how early Earth stayed warm enough for liquid water

Featured Image: CREDIT: Max Fyfield. The world’s most famous Hollow Earth Diagram. Used with Max Fyfield’s permission.

Of course those of us who have been able to study Earth Science without the restraints of the establishment controlled “scientific” community, without using their bad science, will want to look into the influence of the small center sun’s heat during these early days. . . EDITOR

From Science News Web edition: April 18, 2013
Print edition: May 4, 2013; Vol.183 #9 (p. 30)

Here’s a climate puzzle — one that goes back to Earth’s infancy some 4.5 billion to 2.5 billion years ago. The sun was much dimmer back then. Far less solar radiation reached the planet. Earth should have been a frozen wasteland. But all geologic signs point to a young planet awash in liquid water, with the first life-forms emerging. Scientists call this conundrum the “faint young sun paradox.” . . . Read Complete Report

The Sequester Is Law, So Obama Will Ignore It (+) Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It’s Bananas.) (Video Report)

From godfathers Politics by   4/15/13

Nixon famously insisted that whatever the President does is legal, by definition. Nixon learned otherwise, but only because the media-government complex ousted him from office. Now with media liberal superstar Obama, all bets are off. As John Glaser writes,

“In case you’ve been asleep for the whole of Barack Obama’s first term, here’s one fundamental doctrine that has proven itself to guide his administration: if the President does it, it’s not illegal.” . . . Read Complete Report

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Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It’s Bananas.)

Published on Mar 12, 2013

In which John explains how the United States arrived at Sequestration, while also describing what exactly the Sequester is. Along the way, he explores deficits and debts and other matters of governmental budgets. It’s bananas.

‘Scientists understand only 4% of universe’ (Video Report)

Photo: Hubble Sees the Needle Galaxy, Edge-on and Up Close. Posted: 07.13.12 SOURCE NASA (Public Domain)

from youtube

Published on Jul 29, 2012 by 

“Despite all the scientific breakthroughs and Nobel Prizes for discoveries, scientists seem to be no nearer to a possible answer to their main question – why did the universe appear? ­RT sat down to talk to Aleksey Filippenko, an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, CA.

“He was the member of the team that received 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering the dark energy that is speeding up the expansion of the entire universe. And he believes that it could have sprung into existence without any divine help whatsoever” …. Text posted w/video