Computer scientists have developed a new method for conducting image and video database searches based on hand-drawn sketches. The user draws a sketch on a tablet or interactive paper, and the system ...

PITTSBURGH--It has long been a dream to invent new materials from the "top down" choosing which atoms go where to engineer properties of interest. A technique created by researchers out of the ...

Artists create gesture drawings using fluid and rapid hand motions that generate loose and roughly drawn lines to capture the feeling of a subject. Layers of lines are built, progressively refining ...