Eric Keeand Hany Farid created algorithms to detect which portions of a photograph have been monkeyed with, and how much monkeying was done to each portion. Their study is “A Perceptual Metric for Photo Retouching,” Eric Kee [pictured here — we leave it to you to determine whether the image has been enhanced] and Hany Farid, […]
Tag: detection
Auto-detection of male genital flashers
Men who drop their trousers and display their genitals on the internet can now be detected more reliably and automatically, is the thrust of this new study: “SafeVchat: Detecting Obscene Content and Misbehaving Users in Online Video Chat Services“, Xinyu Xing, Yu-Li Liang, Hanqiang Cheng, Jianxun Dang, Sui Huang, Richard Han, Xue Liu, Qin Lv, […]
Breath mints and nerve gas detection
Breath mints, of the general type seen in TV commercials, are of interest to the military partly because of their side effects. As explained in US Defense Dept. document #2001032-0000041, ver 1.0: A chemical agent monitor (CAM) is a portable, hand-held device capable of detecting blister or nerve agent contamination on persons, equipment, and elements […]