Computer Vision
5 Innovative Assistive Technologies Making Our World More Accessible
Assistive technology can be broadly defined as any tools, software or materials that are developed for people to overcome challenges that result from variations in physical ability. Something as low tech as your prescription eyeglasses can be considered an assistive device, while higher tech would be a motorized wheelchair or a hearing aid. Perhaps most …
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Improving Dataset Creation for Machine Learning
Written in collaboration with Andreas Putz, Computer Scientist at MistyWest. Introduction Over the past decade, one of the hottest areas of innovation has been to apply machine learning to real-world applications. Google and Amazon are now using machine learning models to transcribe speech to text, interpret language, and analyze images and videos. However, to achieve …
Robotic Steve II: Eyes
Written by Ryan Walker, former MistyWest employee. As you learned in the first part of our RoboSteve series, we are building a Machine Learning and Machine Vision platform inspired by our office dog Steve. There’s only one thing biological Steve loves more than food, and that’s playing with his girlfriend Miso. In order to emulate …
Robotic Steve I: Origins
A few weeks back, a handful of brave Westies began a quest to build a robot dog. When this concept was pitched, it was widely regarded as some animatronic dog covered in servos that would walk around – in reality, it’s a Machine Learning and Machine Vision platform. The goals of the project are to …
Hardware Hacking II: Wireless Vs. Cables
Written by Senzeni Mpofu, former Westie Way back in June 2016, MistyWest acquired a super-neat thing called the HTC Vive, which is somewhat old news now but was the coolest kid on the block virtual-reality-wise at the time and we thought that was pretty peachy. Many wows were had, and the Westies rejoiced as we …
The 411 On LiDAR
Written by Div Gill, Engineering Physicist EIT and former Westie Introduction to LiDAR The term LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging; technically speaking, LiDAR covers a broad range of sensors that use electromagnetic radiation in the visible, and infrared and UV bands to detect distances to objects, and its modern use refers to …