Using AI, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces in a room

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Another very interesting and good new from the use of AI for people who are blind.

In this lovely article, the 12-years old boy says that it only took him 5 seconds to find the other person in the room.

This is an initiative called Project Tokyo, a multipronged research effort to create intelligent personal agent technology that uses artificial intelligence to extend people’s existing capabilities.

You can read all the article here – https://techxplore.com/news/2020-01-ai-people-familiar-room.html

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https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-breaks-down-how-project-tokyo-helps-blind-people-recognize-faces

This post also explains with more details how Project Tokyo works, by using artificial intelligence and specialized hardware to help send cues and information to blind people.

Interesting to know that Microsoft is planning to expand Project Tokyo in the future, as they are also looking if Project Tokyo can help teach blind children to improve interactions.

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