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How I Used Computer Vision to Make Sense of My Fridge
As part of a groupwork for a postgraduate applied AI at Erasmus Brussels we made an object detection model to identify ingredients in a fridge.
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We Raised a $20M Series A to Continue Democratizing Computer Vision
Today, Roboflow is excited to announce our $20 million Series A led by Craft Ventures to expand on our mission to give software the sense of sight. Lachy Groom, who co-led the seed with Craft, also participated in the round. Additionally, we welcomed new investment from leaders like Jack Altman,
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Using Computer Vision to Accelerate Microbiology Research and Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Michael Shamash is a Master’s student in the Maurice Lab at Canada's McGill University. Michael used Roboflow to streamline the production of a model and iOS app for use in microbiology.
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Using Computer Vision to Clean the World's Oceans
Global plastic production has exceeded 500 million tons. Moreover, estimates from the US Environmental Protection Agency indicate that 30 percent of all produced plastic will end up in the oceans.
With this in mind, researchers Gautam Tata, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Olivier Poirion, and Jay Lowe from CSU Monterey Bay, The Ocean
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How Atos Uses Computer Vision to Monitor Office Occupancy
Building & deploying a privacy-first model to the edge with Roboflow in 60 days
The COVID-19 pandemic changed how and where we work. Fortunately, in some countries, the pandemic appears to be nearing its final act. As companies around the globe make measured decisions regarding returning to the office, keeping
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How Computer Vision Streamlines Risk Avoidance Workflows in Oil & Gas
The below is a guest post by Douglas Long, a full stack developer in Calgary, Canada. Douglas previously worked in oil and gas.
In the oil and gas industry, providing advanced notification for the development of energy infrastructure is a regulatory requirement. New pipelines can overlap with private landowner property.
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How to Use Computer Vision to Keep Stock of Inventory
Learn how to use computer vision to track inventory in logistics facilities.
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Using Computer Vision to Extract Document Structure
This is a guest post written by Frederik Brammer, a student in Germany.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, working from home has become more important than ever. Because of homeschooling, school servers have crashed due to the enormous amount of traffic – in some cases, multiple days go by without contact
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Danger Monitoring for Cyclists using Raspberry Pi and Object Detection
This is a guest post authored by Herberto Warner and lightly edited by the Roboflow team. Herberto's Github hosts all of the images used in his project.
Increasing numbers of dangers and accidents for cyclists
Cyclists face dangers like cars on the street, other cyclists, and poorly developed
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Using Computer Vision to Detect Personal Protective Equipment
This is a guest post by data scientist Jaco Lau; this has been lightly edited by the Roboflow team.
Having worked in construction, I constantly found myself reminding subcontractors to wear the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Wearing the proper PPE can save lives; from 2018 to 2019, construction injuries
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How We Built Paint.wtf, an AI Game with 150,000+ Submissions that Judges Your Art
Paint.wtf is an online game that uses AI to score user-submitted digital drawings to zany prompts like, "Draw a giraffe in the arctic" or "Draw a bumblebee loves capitalism." It's Cards Against Humanity meets Microsoft Paint.
Paint.wtf became an internet sensation. In
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How to Use Google Earth Engine and Python API to Export Images to Roboflow
This is a guest post written by Ethan Arsht and Raluca Cîrju.
Google Earth Engine is a powerful tool for analyzing and acquiring geographic data. Machine learning experts use Google Earth Engine to identify physical attributes and analyze patterns, in areas including forestry, farmland, ice coverage, and weather. Unfortunately, documentation
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Using Computer Vision to Improve Disability Access in Music Education
This is a guest post by Mehek Gosalia, a high school student from Sammamish, Washington. She plans to study computer science.
Over the past 4 years, I've worked to develop a disability-accessible rhythm education tool called the Mehek Box. It started as a physical tool, a box representing
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Using Computer Vision to Help Win $1 Million in Mountain Dew's Big Game Contest
Last night during Super Bowl LV, Mountain Dew ran an ad featuring John Cena riding through a Mountain Dew-themed amusement park. Bottles are scattered all over the scene: neon signs on buildings, in fun house mirrors, and flying out of the car trunk.
At the end of the ad, John
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Using Computer Vision to Make Card Grading Faster and Cheaper
This blog post is a guest post by James Nitsch, a mobile developer (Android) with WillowTree Apps living in Charlottesville, VA. He's passionate about do-it-yourself hardware projects, 3D printing, and machine learning & computer vision. He's happily employed but always loves collaborating and tackling innovative or
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Using Computer Vision to Win at Duck Hunt
Can we use object detection to automate identifying moving objects on a screen? Abhinav Mandava leverages Roboflow to create an aimbot (which automates aiming and firing for the player) for Duck Hunt.
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Using Computer Vision to Detect Package Deliveries
This post is a guest post written by Brian Egge. Brian works in finance, though this is a personal project.
Many households are getting more packages delivered than ever before. In my neighborhood the delivery drivers don’t ring the doorbell or announce they’ve dropped a package off. Many
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Using Computer Vision to Boost Cities' Efficiency by Reallocating Police Resources
The below post is a guest post written by data scientist Joseph Rosenblum. He is using computer vision to make cities more efficient and decrease the bias in traffic-related policing. (He is open to new opportunities!)
Municipalities today are cash-strapped, with $360 billion in losses expected between 2020 and 2022
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Football, Kaggle, Roboflow: Using Computer Vision to Tackle Helmet Safety
If you're searching for a dataset to use or are looking to improve your data science modeling skills, Kaggle is a great resource for free data and for competitions. For example, there's currently an open Kaggle competition detecting American football helmet impacts (crashes) in which you
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Tackling the Internet of Things with Roboflow: Object Detection Apps on Android
Joo chan Kim, PhD student, is developing an object detection application for Android devices that can identify specific IoT sensors by using a custom detection model.
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Generating Renaissance Art with Computer Vision
The below post is a guest post written by Samay Lakhani and Sujay Sundar, two budding data scientists. Samay currently interns with a Silicon Valley tech company; Sujay currently does research under the mentorship of a CUNY Staten Island neuroscience professor. Both are sophomores at Jericho High School, showing that
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Bringing Street Murals to Life with Computer Vision
In Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (BedStuy), Yuri Fukuda regularly walks by a mural that showcases prominent female leaders. Since October 2005, a stunning 3,300 square foot mural, When Women Pursue Justice by ArtMakers-NYC, has had a central place in the BedStuy art scene. The mural celebrates 90 women who have
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How This Fulbright Scholar is Using Computer Vision to Protect Endangered Species
The below post is by Kasim Rafiq, a conservationist, Fulbright Scholar, and National Geographic Explorer studying at UC Santa Cruz. Kasim holds a PhD in Wildlife Ecology from Liverpool John Moores University.
Introduction
Nature underpins everything. From our global economy to our wellbeing and survival. Everything relies on nature.
Unfortunately,
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Behind the Design of an Augmented Reality Board Game App
During the summer of 2019, I received a Facebook message from Roboflow co-founder Brad Dwyer asking me if I wanted to design a new mobile app he was working on. His previous app, Magic Sudoku, had recently generated some buzz online and even won a Golden Kitty award from Product
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