It was perhaps only a matter of time but its surprising that Toshiba’s new object recognition scanner hasn’t created more of a fuss. Basically what it does is dispense with the need for barcodes as it can recognise products from their colour, shape, labelling etc. Its being trialled by a supermarket in Japan and shows lots of potential. The really interesting extension of this technology is what could be done with it in smartphones, Google goggles and other AR applications.
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