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Tools of the trade

By Michael Becker | Published: November 6, 2008
In my never-ending search for online tools that will work between my Mac lap­top, my iPod Touch and my Windows desk­tops at work and home, I have come across dozens of appli­ca­tions and Web sites that I think might work until I lose inter­est in them and move on. Usually, mov­ing on means “man­u­ally” shuf­fling [...]
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Computer program developed to detect art forgery

By Michael Becker | Published: August 22, 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports researchers have devel­oped a way to use a com­puter and image soft­ware to ana­lyze a paint­ing and deter­mine whether it is gen­uine or a forgery. The exper­i­ment was per­formed on 101 high-resolution scans of Van Gough paint­ings from muse­ums in the Netherlands. The pro­gram ana­lyzed the artist’s brush strokes and [...]
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