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Scan and Search

Category: Computer
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Sometimes I would like to be able to identify and/or get more info on an item. Like a flower or antique glassware..wouldn't it be great if you could take a picture of the item and scan it to the web and it would work like keywords and find it for you?

laura george, Jun 08 2008

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See http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?ch=specialsections&sc=search&id=18501&a=

sand, Jun 08 2008

My site recommendation apparently is too long to get into the comment section.Enter "Image search technology" into Google to get a clue.

sand, Jun 08 2008