PeakStream (now part of google) - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060918-7763.html
I wish I could play with their technology, too bad Google is hoarding it.
Ask YC: what's the most technically impressive startup you remember from recent memory
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Re: Ask YC: what's the most technically impressive startup you remember from recent memory
#12Fon.com
Yahoo! Pipes
Wikipedia
Powerset (touted as the Google search killer)
Re: Ask YC: what's the most technically impressive startup you remember from recent memory
#13Like.com is pretty cool. It tries to help you shop for things based on physical similarities, they've got a neat image recognition thing going. I was surprised when I saw it actually work. Also cool is Shazam Entertainment's music recognition software. http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/template/pages/p/company_... Apparently, if you hear something on the radio or whatever, you dial up shazam and they can tell you wh…
like.com is strange, it really does work quite well!
but I just don't know that people look to buy things that way :)
Re: Ask YC: what's the most technically impressive startup you remember from recent memory
#14Like.com is pretty cool. It tries to help you shop for things based on physical similarities, they've got a neat image recognition thing going. I was surprised when I saw it actually work. Also cool is Shazam Entertainment's music recognition software. http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/template/pages/p/company_... Apparently, if you hear something on the radio or whatever, you dial up shazam and they can tell you wh…
like.com is strange, it really does work quite well! but I just don't know that people look to buy things that way :)
Well, I might, except that the price for many of the items is a little bit insane.