SeoAlchemist

There are some exciting new innovations in search coming up on the horizon, and one of those is a project currently being worked on by a Canadian computer science grad student, who is mapping the way the human brain works and applying it to technology that will eventually power a search engine dedicated to visual images. Kris Woodbeck, a University of Ottawa Master’s degree student, has been working with the Canadian government’s Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise (TTBE) office to secure a patent for his project. The patent will form the intellectual property for a startup devoted to image search, which is expected to be launched some time next year.

Already Woodbeck has created a prototype search engine based on the pending patent. The search engine mimics the way the brain processes visual information, and takes advantage of the currently available graphics processing capabilities of computers. (more…)