As broadband
becomes less of an issue, more corporations will be turning to
multimedia for a variety of applications such as distance
learning over the Web. And that means companies will need to store,
index and easily retrieve video and audio information. (Featured:
QBIC, CueVideo, Garlic)
Personal Area Network transmits
data through the body's natural electrical conductivity. Dragutin Petkovic and
Alicia Dauphin Peck of IBM Almaden discuss the QBIC image-based querying.
IBM and Magnifi today announced an agreement enabling
Magnifi to use patented, award-winning Query By Image Content (QBIC)TM software developed by
IBM Research in its products.