http://winexpression.com/2006/05/12/analyzing-wine-man-vs-machine/ Ratings, News, and more on Wine & Spirits since August 2003 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:28:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://winexpression.com/2006/05/12/analyzing-wine-man-vs-machine/#comment-2923 Winexpression » Blog Archive » Combatting Wine Fraud With Computers Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:51:23 +0000 http://winexpression.com/2006/05/12/analyzing-wine-man-vs-machine/#comment-2923 [...] With the prices of wine futures soaring, and the large international market for rare bottles growing, fraudulent scammers and crooks are sure to take advantage of people by selling impostors and fakes. Traditionally, to combat fraudulent wine from being sold, professional tasters have been called in to make a determination on a bottle by tasting and comparing the wine for validity against his or her palate. Now, that process is closer to being automated by computer, as scientists from NEC’s System Technologies laboratory and Mie University, both in Japan, have developed a robot capable of comparing and identifying the unique characteristics that make up 30 different wines, with a larger field of recognition promised in the near future. Earlier in the year, students in Europe were essentially able to do the same thing, but the scientists were able to take it a step further by providing a comparison table for each bottle of wine analyzed. [...] [...] With the prices of wine futures soaring, and the large international market for rare bottles growing, fraudulent scammers and crooks are sure to take advantage of people by selling impostors and fakes. Traditionally, to combat fraudulent wine from being sold, professional tasters have been called in to make a determination on a bottle by tasting and comparing the wine for validity against his or her palate. Now, that process is closer to being automated by computer, as scientists from NEC’s System Technologies laboratory and Mie University, both in Japan, have developed a robot capable of comparing and identifying the unique characteristics that make up 30 different wines, with a larger field of recognition promised in the near future. Earlier in the year, students in Europe were essentially able to do the same thing, but the scientists were able to take it a step further by providing a comparison table for each bottle of wine analyzed. [...]

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