Doppleganger search

 

 

Sophie Robehmed, a freelance journalist is searching for her own doppleganger, using the power of the internet, social networking, like twitter and facebook, doyoulooklikeme.wordpress.com, etc. It seems like Google’s neural network based image search (search link for above image) (search with alternative image)
is not able to provide this functionality as yet.

The image search is able to find other copies of the original flyer, or lots of pictures with women with brown hair, pictures of people with surrounded by similar colours as the image you are searching with… I guess that is pretty impressive but not doppelganger level yet. I guess this is to be expected since it is image search, not face search. I think better software is available for face matching. I think there is software available for automatic tagging of pictures (facebook would make a good database for training your neurons!).

Steely Prof. In News

Forbes India now have a dossier on Prof. Harry Bhadeshia,
Harry Bhadeshia’s Steel Connects UK, France. Only Steel is strong enough to do that.

How to launch an intervention of another country

This is what you need to say when launching an intervention of another country.

Cute News Mistake

I think someone must make this mistake for a bet?

Another blog:
http://www.doobybrain.com/2009/01/31/suspect-is-a-hamster-with-a-clapperboard/

I think they must use this image as place holder while they look for image of the suspect. Probably thinking that there is no way they wouldn’t spot it was wrong before putting it on TV.

Now this poor hamster is living in fear for its life.

The Independent – sanctimonious hypocrites or satirical half-wits?

Questions to which the answer is no