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MIT's Bokode tech calls out zebra stripes, QR codes for battle of barcode supremacy
Engadget —
... Since barcodes are the sign of the devil (must be true, we read it on the interwebs) it's no surprise that everyone wants to replace 'em. QR codes have been quite popular, allowing people and companies to tag their stuff with colorful decals filled with bits and ...
Bokode: The New and Improved Barcode
GEARFUSE —
... . The bokode system would allow users to immediately find the book they were looking for, just by snapping a photo of the bookshelf with their mobile phone. At $5 a piece to produce, the bokode system is still too pricey to be practical, but this seems like the future to me. Link [ ...
RFID: State of the Market
ReadWriteWeb —
... Perhaps the right technology hasn't yet been found for item identification and tracking. This week MIT announced a new type of bar code, called a bokode. As ...
Kovio & The Search for Low Cost RFID Tags
ReadWriteWeb —
... . However various experiments are underway to produce a low-cost RFID chip. We mentioned MIT's bokodes in our analysis; others include ...
Four short links: 24 August 2009
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. —
... Bokode -- a new camera based interaction solution where an ordinary camera can detect small optical tags from a relatively large distance. Current optical tags, such as barcodes, must be read within a short range and the codes occupy valuable physical space on products. We present a new low-cost optical design so that the tags can be shrunk to 3mm visible diameter, and unmodified ordinary cameras several meters away can be set up to decode the identity plus the relative distance and angle. The design exploits the bokeh effect of ordinary cameras lenses, which maps rays ...
Bokode, a new barcode
Hack a Day —
... , an effect where the lens is purposely placed out of focus, in order to vastly improve current 2D barcode technology. Dubbed Bokode, the team claims that an off the shelf camera can read data 2.5 microns from a distance of over 4 meters, compared to today’s average barcode reader’s maximum distance of only a foot or so. What looks most interesting is the ability to produce a smoother and more accurate distance and angle calculations (relative to the camera): allowing for a better ...
Bokode at Home
MAKE Magazine —
Fascinated by MIT's Bokode data tag system, maker Matthew Borgatti decided to recreate the effect at home using easy to find materials.
Bokode is a method MIT developed for tucking information (such as barcodes, images, etc. in microprint) into a tiny but easily visible package. It leverages the bokeh effect to show off the information on the microprint to anyone pointing a camera at the Bokode unit and defocussing. If you've ever taken a photo with a distant city in the background and ...
