Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Technology finds your lost objects

Wow - talk about just-in-time engineering! Some of us baby-boomers could use these now. There should be a large & growing market through the next several decades.
Smart Goggle tracks your gear so you don't have to : Gina Hughes : Yahoo! Tech:
"The good professors over at the University of Tokyo have developed a pair of intelligent glasses that can remember where you last saw your gadgets, keys, or wallet, says the Daily Mail. The current Smart Goggles prototype is far from being trendy. A small camera mounted above the left eye and a viewfinder over the right eye connect to a mini-computer users carry on their back; but Professor Kuniyoshi said within a few years, the camera and viewfinder will be smaller and more fashionable.

To program the system, the user walks around the house looking at objects they want to keep track of. Once focused on the item, they'll need to say the name of the object aloud, so the system can store the name and shape of the object in its memory. The next time the user loses an item they programmed, the system will search its video archives and display its last known location on the viewfinder."

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