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Depending on how good the specm is, just about as many uses as a camera. What's this leaf? Whats this red stuff? What kinda soil and I standing on? What is the air pollution like today? Is this bleach? Is that really gold? What is this IC made of? What is my baby's heart rate, does she have the flu? What grade of steel is this wrench? How old is this picture of gram? How new is this gasket? Is this chicken what I have, or fish (from the lips of Mrs. Lachey (nee Simpson) herself)?

It's mostly what questions as to materials, depending on how good the specm is. Combine this with your phone's camera for other optical measurements (IR, size, shape, position, etc), some gps data, maybe some tracking of your amazon history, and you have a device that might be able to tell you what anything ever seen is to reasonable certainty. There is without any doubt, a large market for that.

parent Balgair 11 years ago

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