Autonomy was set up by researchers at Cambridge University and specialises in pattern-recognition technologies.

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With advances in feature and pattern recognition and other forms of machine intelligence, these video streams will throw off a tremendous amount of structured data, the use of which we will have no knowledge of or control over.

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In our caveman days, this kind of pattern recognition coupled with instant and consistent response was a good thing.

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It uses pattern recognition software to search for information in paediatric textbooks.

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But as was pointed out in this recent blog, the brain actually has two different overarching pattern recognition systems at its disposal: the extrinsic and intrinsic.

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It needs trained professionals to solve problems through intuitive experimentation and pattern recognition, and then behavioral change knowledge to provide support and involvement in continued monitoring and experimentation.

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Because the transforming and the filtering are done optically, this mechanism for pattern recognition is fast, allowing an image to be tested for the presence of a target in a single step.

ECONOMIST: Optical recognition