Day 4686: ‘Same Energy’ Visual Search Engine & The Tiny Damselfly.

 

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‘Same Energy’ is a Visual Search Engine

That Finds Related Images by Style and Mood

Toronto-based developer Jacob Jackson just launched a simple visual search engine that’s particularly adept at gathering results with similar patterns, compositions, and textures. Aptly named Same Energy, the tool is still in beta and minimal by design, with a focus on the image rather than keywords. Results are grouped together by category, which generates a more comprehensive set of findings than similar searches. “We believe it should integrate a rich visual understanding, capturing the artistic style and overall mood of an image, not just the objects in it,” a statement says.

Follow Jackson on Twitter for updates on the tool, and try it for yourself on the Same Energy site, where you also can save collections of your discoveries. (via Laughing Squid)

damselfly

No camouflage, he's hide & seek champ.

This tiny damselfly knows how to vanish in plain sight — by using the oldest trick in the wild playbook: stay still and let the world miss you. Balanced perfectly on a twig, only his bulging, alert eyes betray the fact that he’s even there at all.For a predator scanning the foliage, one blink… and he's gone. No speed, no fight, just silence and stillness. And sometimes, that’s enough to survive. Sometimes the smallest creatures have the smartest strategies.

Fun fact: Damselflies can rotate their heads and have nearly 360° vision. They often perch in narrow vertical spaces — like this — to break their outline from predators.

 

  

 

A 4+ minute video, Acorn Season, here

 

  

 

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