Events in my life have brought me to China again. This time for several workshops and ACM Multimedia Conference. I have a hectic professional schedule — exactly opposite of the trip a month ago. Today I am at Huang Shan…
Again in China
China
I recently spent about 10 days in China and I am suppose to go there again in two weeks for more than a week. During the latest visit, I was in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. What I saw and experienced…
Mobile Money — or power of mobile phones to transform
Economist has a very interesting article (Thanks Neil for pointing this to me) about use of mobile phones to transact money. By allowing this, it gives the facility to have your checkbook or online banking facilities to people even in…
Clicking on the Real WOrld
San Francisco based GeoVector has a product that uses GPS and compass technology (on mobile phones) to allow you to point your phone to a particular shop or building and get information about it. You can point to a store…
Computer Vision Applications
Computer Vision has been a field that had enormous potential in many applications ranging from robotics to human interfaces over the last 25 years or so. Unfortunately other fields have become lot more applicable, but computer vision still remains a…