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Finding Yourself With Photo Recognition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-i'm-not-getting-transcendental dept.

itchyfish writes "You are lost in a foreign city, you don't speak the language and you are late for your meeting. What do you do? Take out your cellphone, photograph the nearest building and press send. For a small fee, photo recognition software on a remote server works out precisely where you are, and sends back directions that will get you to your destination. Seems a little far fetched, but amazingly cool if it really works."

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  1. Won't work by ExCEPTION · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just image the server's cpu goes up to 100% when I send in a photo of McDonald's.