El Bruno

#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (4/N)

Hi! Quick post today. I’ll pickup yesterday demo, showing the facial features and adding Face Recognition on top of that. In other words, we’ll move from this To this With a couple of extra lines for face recognition There is some room for performance improvement, so I’ll focus on this in next posts. The complete — read more

May 30, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (3/N)

Hi! In my previous posts I explained how to detect faces and perform face recognition in python. Today I’ll explore another feature in the face_recognition package: Find Facial Features. The live camera output will be something like this: Note: Special thanks to my daughter who is always OK to help me with this. The main — read more

May 29, 2019
#RPi – Some #RaspberryPi screen options and how to quickly find your device IP with #RaspberryPi Finder from @Adafruit

Hi ! Today’s post is about my experience doing presentations and demos with a Raspberry Pi. Doing demos with a Raspberry Pi is amazing. I really enjoy share some of the amazing stuff we can do with the device, and usually there is one or two people in the audience who can share other even — read more

May 28, 2019
#Event – Resources used on the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Party event on [Machine Learning.Net] #VS2019 #MLNET

Hi! Another post-event post, this time with a big thanks to the Mississauga .Net User Group who organized the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Party. I was part of the team sharing some demos, and I mostly speak about Machine Learning.Net. As usual, now it’s time to share slides, code and more. Source Code in GitHub — read more

May 27, 2019
From GitHub to Azure App Service through Jenkins pipelines

Originally posted on Juanlu, ElGuerre: Desde mi punto de vista Azure DevOps es quizas una de las mejores herramientas como orquestadora de Pipelines para DevOps, al menos con la que me siento más cómodo trabajando y para mi, la mas fácil. Si bien, hoy vamos a ver como trabajar con Jenkins para conseguir el mismo… — read more

May 25, 2019
#MacOS – Not so good with Screen Resolutions and “even better” at projection mode

Hi ! The first time I was doing a demo and connecting my MacBook Pro to a projector, I found out that the screen settings and configuration in a MacOS are completely different to the usual Windows experience. And, IMHO, not in a good way. In Windows, when you are working with 2 or more — read more

May 24, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (2/N)

Hi! Yesterday I explained how to write a couple of lines in Python to perform live face detection in a webcam feed [Post]. Check the resources section to find more about the tools I’m using. Today, I’ll add some more code to perform face recognition. And as usual, I’ll work with my kids to test — read more

May 23, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python

Hi ! I’ve write a lot about how to use AI models in C# to perform tasks like Face recognition, speech analysis, and more. During the Chicago CodeCamp, someone ask me about how to perform Face Recognition in Python. I didn’t have any working sample to showcase this, and I failed in try to write — read more

May 22, 2019
#AI – #Translatotron is not dot a dorky name, it’s maybe the best translator ever #GoogleResearch

Hi ! A couple of days ago, Google presented Translatotron. The name is not the best name, however the idea is amazing: Google researchers trained a neural network to map audio “voiceprints” from one language to another. After the tool translates an original audio, Translatotron retains the voice and tone of the original speaker. It — read more

May 21, 2019
Lector de huellas en Xamarin Forms

Originally posted on Jorge Diego Crespo: Tras un largo periodo sin escribir nada, vuelvo a la carga con este interesante y sencillo post en el que voy a explicar como autenticar a un usuario mediante el lector de huellas (o face id en los iPhone que así realicen la autenticación) El proceso es tan sencillo… — read more

May 20, 2019
#Humor – It’s not a bug it’s a …

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May 19, 2019
#MLNET – How to use the AutoML API in a Console App

Hi ! In my last posts I was testing AutoML using the Model Builder inside Visual Studio and also the CLI commands. There is also an API to use this in a .Net app, and the usage is very simple. It all start, of course, adding the [Microsoft.ML.AutoML] nuget package I read the documentation in — read more

May 16, 2019
#MLNET – Are you a Command line user? MLNet CLI is great for some AutoML train tasks!

Hi ! Yesterday I wrote about how easy is to use Model Builder to create Machine Learning models directly from data inside Visual Studio. If you prefer to work with command line interfaces, Machine Learning.Net AutoML also have a CLI interface and with a couple of commands, you can get some amazing results. So, for — read more

May 15, 2019
#MLNET – Testing Machine Learning Model Builder preview. It’s so cool !

Hi ! Last week Machine Learning.Net 1.0 was officially announced during Build 2019, and the ML.Net team also announced a set of ML tools related to ML.Net. One of the most interesting ones is Machine Learning Model Builder. You can get more information about Model Builder in the official website. ML.NET Model Builder provides an — read more

May 14, 2019
#Event – Resources for the sessions about #DeepLearning and #CustomVision at the @ChicagoCodeCamp

Hi! Another post-event post, this time with a big thanks to the team behind one of the most amazing event I’ve been this year: Chicago CodeCamp. I had the chance to meet a lot of amazing people, to learn a lot during the sessions and also to visit the great city of Chicago. As usual, — read more

May 13, 2019
#AI – Exporting #CustomVision projects to #docker for #RaspberryPi, the extra 2 steps

Hi ! I wrote several posts on how to create a image analysis solution using CustomVision.ai and how to export and use the project in a Raspberry Pi with Docker. In my posts, I created a custom docker file for RPI using as a base the Linux one, from CustomVision.ai. There is a new feature — read more

May 8, 2019
#MSBUILD – #HoloLens 2 Apollo moon landing demo

Hi ! Today at Build, just before Satya Nadella Keynote, there was a failed demo attempt using Hololens 2 and Unreal Engine. “Well, it seems doing a live demo is actually harder than landing on the moon,” said A Man on the Moon author Andrew Chaikin. Lucky for us, there is a video from a — read more

May 7, 2019
#MLNET – ML.NET has turned 1 ! :D

Hi ! I was updating my demos for Chicago CodeCamp, when I realized that Machine Learning.Net released the version 1.0 a couple of days ago! When I was searching for the Microsoft.ML NuGet package, I find that the preview was not the latest version anymore, the official 1.0.0 was available. 2 clicks later, I found — read more

May 6, 2019
#Event – See you @ChicagoCodeCamp on May 11, 2019 for some Deep Learning and Custom Vision experiences

Hi ! I’m very lucky to be at the next Chicago CodeCamp with another session around Custom Vision: How a PoC at home can scale to Enterprise Level using Custom Vision APIs It all started with a DIY project to use Computer Vision for security cameras at home. A custom Machine Learning model is the — read more

May 3, 2019
#Windows10 – Windows #VisionSkills sample UWP App

Hi! Yesterday the Windows Team announced the preview version of Windows Vision Skills. So today I was browsing the samples in Github and I’ve created a simplified version of the Skeleton tracker using a live feed from a webcam. Here are some notes about my GitHub sample The UWP App must be Windows 10 version — read more

May 2, 2019