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Ordinary calculators didn't get upgraded to OLED screens]]>Jul 28th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
Never under estimate the power of big business. These will be implemented just for the sole sake of making money, whether they are useful or not.]]>Jul 28th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
Example!

"Man, I just spread some sweet greggo all up in there, you might want to let it air out."]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Not OLED though, and your point is good and well made, I'm just struck by the thought that many people, even those on engadget. probably don't know calculators were originally using LED numbers
Like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/LED_DISP.JPG
They look better than LCD even though they are 'ancient' technology, it's just a pity that it's LCD's that are the low-power devices.
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"This milk was produced by Bessie, coded C-454 at the Cherry Hills Dairy in Kansas. She enjoyed buttercups, but rarely ever got the chance to eat them and had to put up with lesser grasses. She was tended to by a lonely named Sarah, whose youthful zest for the world had abandoned her in the monotonous conditions of the dairy. She consigned herself to the boredom the dairy and began to look dead behind the eyes as she attempted to COST $2.74"]]>Jul 28th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
(that's a Bokode)]]>Jul 28th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/My Bokode wins. (Get a !)]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/

AAAAAAA!!!]]>Jul 28th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://tr.im/uptp or a hologram of Princess Leia Organa?]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
I]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
I wish i woulda went there :-p

]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/And I don't know why people think it would be used for groceries, that's just a silly concept, if they wanted to spend so much on a new system fro grceries they'd probably pick RFIDs
But it is an interesting concept, and the 3d position thing is an unique angle and I see someone making something useful with that.
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that would be even more freaking awesome]]>Jul 29th 2009 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
And you have to take a special photo (focused at infinity) to make it appear, so why not just print a large barcode in infrared reflective ink instead? It'd be invisible to the naked eye and much cheaper to make.]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
The setup they're showing at that point in the video is LED + diffuser + bokode pattern + lens/pinhole ...that's a lot of layers, and you definitely cannot print or lenses, even if you can print LEDs. They do briefly mention something about the possibility of making a version that would be detectable using a camera flash (which might eliminate the need for an LED), but it's definitely not something you can just print on, unlike the 4 alternatives they're showing.]]>Jul 28th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
Also, many pictures are taken by cell phones and most cell phones can't focus at all. I wonder how they do on this? They might actually do great since they are fixed focused relatively far away.]]>Jul 28th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/.]]>Jul 28th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
But it's unclear that for the purposes of bokeh, if having things at infinity be in focus due to deep DOF is the same as actually being focused at infinity. For one thing, if you have a ton of DOF (as phones do), you have very little bokeh to start with, as only things that are out of focus exhibit bokeh.

Of course, if you're only 18 inches away, it'll definitely be out of focus (a good thing in this case), but honestly, if I have to walk that close, they might as well just print a barcode in the corner and let me take a pic of that!]]>Jul 28th 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
AR tags also have other benefits over Bokode tracking: one camera, cheap to make, no special equipment necessary (like the Bokode device), does not require near-perpendicular angle to the camera, does not require energy source and therefore greener (or in the case of passive Bokode, does not require use of a flash).]]>Jul 28th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/Jul 28th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
On another note. The capability of the bokode to see its angle is really cool.]]>Jul 28th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/mits-bokode-tech-calls-out-zebra-stripes-qr-codes-for-battle-o/
Still, it might develop into something interesting just in time to be made irrelevant by the next thing which is more practical.]]>Jul 28th 2009 4:04PM