identification

A widespread camera system outage in Oregon has rendered residents unable to get new photos for driver's licenses. The state is unsure when the problem will be resolved.

PictureThis is the most popular plant identifier app, and it works with the camera on your iPhone or Android phone. While the recognition of PictureThis isn't perfect, it generally proves to be remarkably accurate thanks to its well-trained AI.

The Library of Congress is asking for the public's help in identifying the people in a collection of mystery images.

The photo above is of a woman named Shizuko Ina, but for nearly 80 years she remained unidentified until the staff at the Library of Congress were able to connect with her daughter and grandson.

Canadian-based company Field Made Co. has designed a series of stylish lens cap indicator labels for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, and Sigma lenses.

Ever since camera drones first became available to the average consumer, authorities across the world have had growing concerns about them. No-fly zones are being widely established, and regulations are becoming stricter to restrict when, where, and how the unmanned aircraft can fly. Now the FAA is looking into developing a system to identify drones from afar.

A new patent filed by Facebook suggests that the social networking giant is working on giving user cameras a unique digital fingerprint. Looking for ways to identify fraudulent accounts and evermore establish what connections you may have with others, the new technology means that your future photographs will be tracked at levels previously unimaginable. For photographers, however, it may be an excellent way to prove that you truly own an image.

One of the emerging trends in the world of photography is the idea of automated recognition and tagging of things found in photographs. Flickr can now suggest autotags for your photos, and Google's new Photos service lets you search through your unlabeled photos using advanced image recognition.

The same technologies are coming for real-time camera features as well. Qualcomm is working on a system called SceneDetect that lets cameras recognize what they're looking at in real time.

If you're interested at all in bird watching and photography, Merlin Bird Photo ID is a website you should add to your bookmarks. It's a new website that can help you identify the species of the bird in your photograph.

Earlier this month, Microsoft generated quite a bit of buzz by launching a site that can guess the age and gender of people in photos. Wolfram Research just one-upped that.

The software company has just launched a new website called the Image Identification Project that can identify the subject of any photograph you show it.

A group representing Irish photofinishers and related businesses says the country's new driver's license policies could kill as many as 500 photography jobs.