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Scientists Design Barcode System For Zebras

Posted by samzenpus on from the arranging-your-stripes dept.

A team of biologists and computer scientists has come up with a unique barcode-like system for tracking zebras called Stripespotter. The system is able to automatically identify zebras from pictures with a much higher accuracy than traditional methods. Its creators say it can be modified to track any animal with unique coat patterns such as giraffes or tigers.

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  1. It'll never work by spartacus_prime · · Score: 3, Funny

    They ALREADY look like bar codes.

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    1. Re:It'll never work by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      And they are too heavy to move up on the checkout counter in a back-and-forth motion.

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    2. Re:It'll never work by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Funny

      OK, there's a new addition on my list of "Jobs I don't ever want to have": I don't want to be the guy who has to lift up a Zebra's tail to verify his check digit.

  2. Re:University of Illinois at Chicago by JackpotMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    This may be the first time in the history of slashdot where a link to pictures of animals wasn't a trap

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  3. More than you know... by DG · · Score: 3, Funny

    On a whim, I pointed my BlackBerry with ScanLife (one of those square barcode reader apps) at the picture of the zebras in the article, and got redirected to a Groupon for discount rates on an African safari.

    Man, *everybody* has sold out.

    DG

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