image based search...

[ricola]

the possibilities of this kind of tech are just staggering
it clearly still needs lots of work, but the idea of being able to search for content based on visual appearance is amazing


http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/

[5AlarmChili]

Ricola posts some good links.

This is pretty cool, but the technology isn't there yet... I drew a blue slash with a black circle in the upper left and a black one on the lower right. It found me a lovely picture of two homosexuals having a moment. Wow... like it read my mind.

Then I drew an African American wearing a porkpie hat next to a tree beneath a nice sunshine, and it gave me a picture of a rugged stone cross in a graveyard. I'm trying not to read into that one.

[The Dude]

Great idea but it's not quite ready yet.