Image recognition technology gains a foothold in next wave gadgets—some for the kitchen. It isn’t exactly flawless, but “computer vision” capabilities are improving quickly, allowing for automatic ...

For someone who is blind or partially sighted, everyday tasks can be a pain — choosing the right can from the pantry, for instance, or picking up the right book from the table. A smartphone could help ...

The fish species is separated from mammals by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, yet its seemingly primitive brain can handle many of the same elaborate visual tasks. Optogenetic stimulation ...

Computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will highlight ...