Tuesday, July 24, 2007

In-Q-Tel Invests in Video Enhancement Company

Matt Marshall writes on VentureBeat:

In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the nation’s intelligence services, has invested an undisclosed small amount of money into video enhancement company MotionDSP and also awarded it with contracts.

MotionDSP chief executive Sean Varah wouldn’t say what the CIA wants do with the technology. However, he said the investment lends credibility to the company’s technology, which was dismissed by Google during a pitch last year when Google told Varah it could [do] something similar.

The company has since gotten better, he said. The technology improves low-resolution images by tracking pixels as they change frame by frame, making intelligent conclusions about blurred objects or areas.

More here.

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