Re: [sugar] Image Recognition

2008-03-19 Thread Kevin Cole
On 3/18/08, Benjamin M. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Higher rates of deafness in the OLPC target countries make this even more important. The XO has a distinct focus on real-time text-based chat (IM). I suspect that this will do a lot to improve communication between deaf children

[sugar] Image Recognition

2008-03-18 Thread Chris Hager
Hey all, The webcam on the XO sure has a lot of potential for cool killer apps. For example things with - Motion Tracking - Gesture Recognition - Face Recognition - Object Identification - ... Recently I came in touch with OpenCV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opencv) -- it's a open source

Re: [sugar] Image Recognition

2008-03-18 Thread Kevin Cole
Hi, I'm new to this list, but Ivan Krstic suggested this was the group I'd want. I'm at Gallaudet University, which some of you may not know is the only accredited liberal arts university for deaf students in the world. We're 70% federally funded and in return for that funding, are supposed to

Re: [sugar] Image Recognition

2008-03-18 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | A low-cost, low-power laptop with a built-in webcam and a somewhat | iconic interface offers some interesting possibilities for folks whose | primary means of communication is via sign language. | | I'm beginning to generate some interest on campus