An Ethical Application of Computer Vision and Deep Learning -- Identifying Child Soldiers Through Automatic Age and Military Fatigue Detection - PyImageSearch

In this tutorial, we will learn how to apply Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and OpenCV to identify potential child soldiers through automatic age detection and military fatigue recognition. Military service is something of personal importance to me, something I consider honorable and admirable. That's precisely the reason why this project, leveraging technology to identify child soldiers, is something I feel strongly about -- nobody should be forced to serve, and especially young children. You see, the military has always been a big part of my family growing up, even though I did not personally serve. Even outside my direct family, the military was still part of my life and community. I went to high school in a rural area of Maryland. If you didn't want to become a farmer or work in agriculture, that really only left two options -- go to college or join the military. If I'm recalling correctly, before I graduated from high school, at least 10 kids from my class enlisted, some of whom I knew personally and had classes with.