Have been talking with a few girls around here about launching a website based around adult novelties. For awhile now, adult toy parties have been thrown around this town as much as keg parties. And most women that throw the parties overcharge on most of the toys they sell to party goers. Which is why me and a couple girls got together and bought a .com and launched a toy store called tantric toys. This website features thousands of adult toys and dvds including high definition and blu-ray discs and they just launched a video on demand service which is way cool. So wish us luck this is one of a couple of ventures I just started on, more to come in future posts.
Hewlett Packard today demonstrated a new color matching technology that could change the way people shop for products that require color coordination, such as cosmetics.HP Labs, the company’s central research arm, has developed a technology that uses sophisticated imaging algorithms and mobile networking to match colors that complement one another, including makeup specific to skin coloring.
Retailers, consumer goods and other companies that require a high level of color or image coordination could implement the technology to offer services that help their customers select the right products for their needs.
The color matching technology, which is currently in prototype, builds on HP’s expertise in imaging, color science, mobility and networking
This is how it works, instead of sitting down with a consultant at a beauty counter, a shopper photographs herself using a mobile phone camera and while holding a specially designed color chart. The person then sends the photo as an MMS (multimedia message) to an advisory service. That system locates the person’s face within the image and color corrects the image for camera and lighting discrepancies.
Skin pixels are extracted from the color corrected image of the person’s face, and then compared to an existing database of previously captured and analyzed images of skin tones of real people. In a matter of seconds, people using the service receive a text message response with a recommendation on the shades of makeup that are best suited to their complexion.
The technology can work with any mobile operator and on any mobile phone equipped with a camera. Photos demonstrating the color matching technology are available at www.hpl.hp.com/about/media/mobile_image/
