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faceapi: 3d head tracking with any webcam

filed under: computing | interactive

FaceAPI Head Tracking Software

Here’s some pretty cool news which could provide entirely new ways to interact with your computer or game console. This new technology will enable automated 3-dimensional tracking of heads and faces using a webcam along with some very special tracking software…

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posted: March 19th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

gps goes postal: could help solve usps delivery woes

filed under: strange and wonderful

GPS Letter Logger for USPS

This new device was commissioned by the United States Postal Service in order to hunt down some of the inefficiencies in their mail delivery process. Developed by California’s TrackingTheWorld, the gadget is slipped inside of a letter, and tracks the precise journey of an individual piece of mail…

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posted: November 24th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

a cell phone for your dog?

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PetsCELL GPS Tracking for Dogs

Mobile phones have become more and more accessible over the years, and now your canine family members don’t need to feel left out.

The PetsCELL phone is a special waterproof cell phone that provides GPS tracking of your pet’s whereabouts, but also integrates voice calling features…

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posted: February 21st, 2007 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

be sure to eat your r.f.i.d.

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful

Digestible RFID Tags

The tracking technology known as RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is showing up everywhere from grocery stores, to shipping containers, to gas station, to toll roads. Now, your intestines can join in the radio wave fun!..

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posted: February 18th, 2007 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

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