Visionary computers. (Prototype).(Brief Article)

Researchers at UCLA's Henry samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are working to develop computers with human-like "eyesight." Brain surgery, endoscopies, and other medical procedures could be performed faster and more safely using computers that could see as well as people can.

The research team is examining how people use vision to interact with others and with their surroundings. They are using that information to design systems that will allow computers to perform in similar ways. "We use senses to build models of the world around us that allow us ...

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