By: brain

This is kind of the opposite of what I need.<br /><br />Usually when I have a possession in my hand, I already know all I need to about it. I think that’s why Google’s “Goggles” program isn’t more than a curiosity to me.<br /><br />The problem I have is actually storing and then retrieving objects. If I could just store objects in ramdom bins, and then have a system for finding the objects when needed (as in Cory Doctorow’s “Makers”), I’d be very happy.<br /><br />But I think that would require, at a minimum, RFIDs. And even better would be a GPS receiver for every item so that it knows where it is. We need more Moore’s Law time to pass by.

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