Today we’re going to talk about how computers see. We’ve long known that our digital cameras and smartphones can take incredibly detailed images, but taking pictures is not quite the same thing. For the past half-century, computer scientists have been working to help our computing devices understand the imagery they capture, leading to advancements everywhere, from tracking hands and whole bodies, biometrics to unlock our phones, and eventually giving autonomous cars the ability to understand their surroundings. Check out Origin of Everything here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiB8h9jD2Mlxx96ZFnGDSJw Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: null Want to know more about Carrie Anne? https://about.me/carrieannephilbin The Latest from PBS Digital Studios:    • All PBS Digital Studios videos   Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrash... Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com/ Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: null