Microsoft has published a scientific research paper ([PDF] Real-Time Human Pose Recognition in Parts from Single Depth Images (Microsoft Research)) detailing how Microsoft Kinect’s body tracking algorithm works. There is also a video (Kinect Research (youtube.com)) to go along with it. Also, I came across a separate article (Kinect’s AI breakthrough explained (I-Programmer.info)) which summaries [...]

It’s (almost) time for the Google A.I. Challenge for 2011 already! Check out the official github page for detailed information on the contest, examples, forums, and more. The 2011 Challenge is about ants looking for food on a map and fighting against ants by the opponent. The contest hasn’t started quite yet, but you can [...]

Well it looks like the Google A.I. Challenge is finally complete and the final results are now posted! This post is a follow up to my previous post announcing the contest, Google A.I. Challenge (shwuzzle.com). Normally, the top few spots are dominated by languages such as C/C++, but this year the top spot was written [...]

“In this article I want to show how structure emerges out of iteration. Specifically, I want to create a very simple model of Darwinian evolution and demonstrate with simulations and mathematical proof that patterns emerge naturally ….. when stable patterns emerge in some iterated system, it’s possible to build new systems on top of the [...]

For anyone who is interested, the Google AI Challenge is now available at ai-contest.com. I doubt I will do very well at all, but nonetheless they have some really helpful and interesting tutorials on the website. So if nothing else you will have the chance to learn some really interesting things from the contest. The [...]

Online games can create a ton of complex data. But it can be a gold mine for design ideas, at least according to the article over at newscientist.com. In this article they talk about data mining online gaming data, with hopes of reaping the rewards of new ideas based on user behavior. The researchers are [...]