Video standards group MPEG is evaluating technologies to enable efficient feature coding for machine vision tasks. These technologies could slash global internet bandwidth by more effectively compressing video that is currently guzzled by wasteful machine-to-machine (M2M) video communications – in fields including surveillance, autonomous vehicles, industrial equipment, and military systems. Before your eyes roll back, consider that an estimated 50% all global video traffic will be viewed solely by machines come 2024, according to Nokia. When we also consider that video accounts for an inordinate volume of total global internet traffic (often pegged at 80% although this threshold from Cisco is about four years out of date), then the demand for more efficient delivery of machine vision video traffic arguably…