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StripeSpotter, open source barcode scanner for Zebra's and other animals
- jrnkntl 16y agoStory on it; http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/04/barcode-scanner-for-zebras.html http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/04/barcode...
- smogzer 16y agoIdea: create a startup that sews unique barcode tshirts so that this technique can be used to identify anything.
- iwwr 16y agoYou may be vaguely interested in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government
- pavel_lishin 16y agoYou mean anything that wears a t-shirt, right?
- microtherion 16y agoIdea: create a biotech startup that designs QR patterned zebras.
- joelhaasnoot 16y agoFor a minute I thought this was an April Fools joke, but it looks like an awesome idea. Wonder in what other ways this would be do-able. Antlers I imagine would need much higher resolution images from a fixed vantage point to detect similarity...
- tcarnell 16y agoNice - could also have a Tartan scanner (to identify Scottish clans) or a tree trunk scanner to age a tree, or a wood grain scanner to identify different types of wood...