"The activation of the visual system caused by REM is causing the bright lights, " Nelson said.
In this model, colours stick out from the sphere according to how sensitive the visual system is to them.
Since Dr Hinton's network shares features with the human visual system, it might be expected to share its failings, too.
They have concluded that while people may prefer one eye over the other when forced to choose, the visual system is designed to use both eyes under normal circumstances.
That is similar to the way the human visual system works, with particular clusters of nerve cells in the brain adapted to respond to, say, horizontal lines, or to lines that run on diagonals.
Twenty years ago, neuroscientists held that after a certain critical period, usually no more than the first 12 months of life, the entire visual system has become far too rigid for any real learning to take place.
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The human visual system is pretty good.
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And that visual system, he argues, represents an embodied physiology, melded structure and function both wrought by systems of Bernard machines in this case, synaptic alliances between brain cells that impose homeostasis on the environments in the brain they create.
Although the artificial neural networks used in the research are much less complex than the human visual system, this simplicity helped the researchers to identify and further understand what they believe is a fundamental principle behind why we see illusion: the statistics of our past visual experiences.
Antonio Criminsi of the Machine Learning and Perception group - the team which in effect invented the visual recognition system of Kinect - demonstrated how Kinect's underlying technology can be adapted for medical diagnosis.
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The control programs have been used to create control systems for a bipedal robot and a visual recognition system for a robot that works even when the machine is distracted by flashing lights and shadows.
Microsoft had written a Nvidia compiler into Visual Studio and the Microsoft operating system has proven popular for GPU developers.
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Our tests indicated that a PIII system can handle more visual detail and higher resolutions at 40 frames per second.
To use the MINI Connected App, owners need to specify their MINI with the MINI Visual Boost radio or MINI navigation system, plus the MINI Connected option.
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This assistance system gives the driver a visual and acoustic warning of recognized obstacles, prepares him for braking action and assists him with the braking process as the situation requires.
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The system will send audible and visual alerts at first in an attempt to get your attention back, and can eventually "apply the brakes on its own" if the previous warnings prove futile.
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With the Panasonic mobile HDVC system, emergency medical technicians can transmit essential visual patient data from a remote location to awaiting teams in the ER so those teams can prepare.
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After fiddling with various pieces of the system for a weekend, I now suspect the visual pager, used to switch among virtual desktops, as the culprit.
They proclaimed the observation as the first visual - albeit indirect - proof of a planet outside our Solar System.
"The system would require placing invasive electrodes in participants and the visual and tactile brain signals involved are quite crude, " Prof James noted.
An image transmission system controls all of the LCD monitors to give visitors a whole new visual experience of images that are bright, detailed, and life-like.
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Photo Rumors hears the two shooters will switch to a newer, faster hybrid (both contrast and phase detection) focusing system that also includes Sony NEX-style manual focus peaking, which provides a rough visual guide as to when a subject is as sharp as possible.
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The innovative Audi MIB modular infotainment system introduces a new powerful computing module, MMX, which is based on the NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM).
Adding a visual, locational and real time dimension to a social problem like drug procurement can create a user generated system of accountability for local and international agencies, governments and industry.
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Employing approximately 190, 500 people in 206 offices across 68 countries, the company consists of nine independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Memory, System LSI and LCD.
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For this jump, the team also worked to create a new generation of space suit for better mobility and visual clarity, studied the effects on the human body of supersonic acceleration and deceleration, developed a new parachute system, and more.
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