The Forsyth / Fleck ‘Human Nude Detector’ system attracted widespread media attention late last century – featuring, for example, in the pages of Wired magazine. (Paper for Reference: Forsyth, D.A. and Fleck, M. M., “Automatic Detection of Human Nudes,” International Journal of Computer Vision , 32 , 1, 63-77, August, 1999). Less well publicised though […]
Tag: giraffes
Giant gentleness quiz
TRUE OR FALSE: Giraffes are ever-gentle creatures. ANSWER: See these two videos (click on the images). (Thanks to Brontosurus em Meu Jardin for bringing this to our attention.)
Taxonomy: Approved tastiness of giraffes
The June 6, 2008 issue of The Daily Telegraph contains a rare newspaper report about a fine point of taxonomy: According to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, vets were asked to treat an adult, female giraffe at Israel’s largest zoo, the Safari Park in Ramat Gan. The team, led by Professor Zohar Amar, […]