Posted on 03/03/2013 7:36:31 PM PST by LibWhacker
A 30-second video of a newborn baby shows the infant silently snoozing in its crib, his breathing barely perceptible. But when the video is run through an algorithm that can amplify both movement and color, the baby’s face blinks crimson with each tiny heartbeat.
The amplification process is called Eulerian Video Magnification, and is the brainchild of a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
The team originally developed the program to monitor neonatal babies without making physical contact. But they quickly learned that the algorithm can be applied to other videos to reveal changes imperceptible to the naked eye. Prof. William T. Freeman, a leader on the team, imagines its use in search and rescue, so that rescuers could tell from a distance if someone trapped on a ledge, say, is still breathing.
“Once we amplify these small motions, there’s like a whole new world you can look at,” he said.
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>> so that rescuers could tell from a distance if someone trapped on a ledge, say, is still breathing.
Or trapped in a womb...
Possible lie detector?
Whould it help someone stuck in a closet with Vanna White?
Only if it’s Pinocchio.
Sound like the app on my iPad that reads my pulse from my face.
Or maybe those coming out of comas or in minimally conscious states.
There are so many possibilities for this!
Agreed.
I’m guessing hi-def 4k cams may have been used here.
“Possible lie detector?”
Yup. See the following from the article:
“Michael Rubinstein, a doctoral student and co-author on the project, said that after the presentation and subsequent media coverage, the team was inundated with e-mails inquiring about the availability of the program for uses ranging from health care to lie detection in law enforcement. Some people, says Mr. Rubinstein, inquired about how the program might be used in conjunction with Google’s glasses to see changes in a person’s face while gambling.
“’People wanted to be able to analyze their opponent during a poker game or blackjack and be able to know whether they’re cheating or not, just by the variation in their heart rate,’ he said.”
I read her autobiography in an effort to learn why the left hated her.
I didn’t know that. So, why does the Left hate her?
Or put one in front of the TV and watch a State of the Union address.
Because she was sweet and nice, and pretty, she set off the media about something during the 1990s but I don’t recall the specifics, Pat Sajak is a republican and a Vietnam vet.
a.k.a."turning up the contrast" :)
That would change Youtube in a big way! ;-)
Both movement and color, the face blinks crimson with each heartbeat.
My uncle Earl does the same thing after a bottle of Night Train.
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