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Submission + - Identifying logos in imagery on the web

Submitted by Jugalator on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @09:02PM

Jugalator writes: A group running a project called Logo.Hallucination are picking out images on the web for scanning with a neural network in order to identify well-known logo types. Although many Slashdot readers may already feel they know the answer in their hearts, how is the giant 600 BC sewage system Cloaca Maxima related to Microsoft Windows? Note that some posts are unsafe for work, and I'll never look the same at the Citroën logo.

Submission + - Wii Sports Experiment

Submitted by

rgriscom

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @08:31PM

rgriscom writes: "A man known as "heysuburbia" has conducted an experiment monitoring the physical changes resulting from 6 weeks of Wii Sports training. He consistently played 30 minutes of Wii sports every day and recorded the changes in his weight, BMI, calories burned, body fat %, and heart rate. The results are surprising. This opens a new door for Nintendo to market the Wii towards gamers who want to get fit, and anyone else who just wants some exercise without leaving the house."

Feed Apple Posts $1 Billion Profit (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @08:12PM

The seemingly unstoppable Steve Jobs leads the company to its best quarterly financial results ever. In Cult of Mac.

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