A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words - And Maybe 100,000 Other Pictures
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 22:20
in Mathematics & Economics
A picture is worth a thousand words, the saying goes, meaning that a picture can tell a big story quickly, but what if it could also represent a hundred thousand other images? New software seeks to tame the vast amount of visual data in the world by generating a single photo that can represent massive clusters of images. This tool can give users the photographic gist of a kid on Santa's lap, housecats, or brides and grooms at their weddings. It works by generating an image that literally averages the key features of the other photos. read more