Real-time object detection, which uses neural networks and deep learning to rapidly identify and tag objects of interest in a video feed, is a handy feature with great hacker potential. Happily, it… ...

Today’s TensorFlow object detection API can be found here. Google wants to make it extra easy to play with and implement so the entire kit comes prepackaged with weights and a Jupyter notebook.

The TensorFlow Object Detection API gives data scientists and developers access to the same tech that Google uses for its own systems, like the Nest Cam, similar items in Image Search, ...