[Technical] barcodes & cameraphones

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Bosley, John - BLS" <Bosley.John () bls gov>
Date: November 29, 2004 10:51:29 AM EST
To: "'Dave Farber (dave () farber net)'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: FW: barcodes & cameraphones

For IP if you choose, Dave. From our resident gadget wizard Greg  
Crowley.

John Bosley


> From:   Crowley, Greg - BLS CTR
>
> Amazon Japan has a system where you take a picture of a product barcode
> with your camera-phone and they shoot you back a "best price" quote.
>
> http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/amazon-japan-cell-phone- 
> fancypan
> ts-service-026198.php
> <http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/amazon-japan-cell-phone- 
> fancypa
> nts-service-026198.php>
>
> Here's a babelfish translation of a Japanese story...
> http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? 
> url=http%3A%2F%
> 2Fk- 
> tai.impress.co.jp%2Fcda%2Farticle%2Fnews_toppage%2F21519.html&lp=ja_en
> <http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent? 
> url=http%3A%2F
> %2Fk- 
> tai.impress.co.jp%2Fcda%2Farticle%2Fnews_toppage%2F21519.html&lp=ja_e
> n>
>
> There are some problems  - insufficient resolution on many  
> cameraphones,
> etc, but it's still pretty darn cool and lends itself to all kinds of
> other applications.

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