July 2, 2004
Camera phone as universal tri-corder
Deviceforce.com as published a whitepaper describing some research into innovative and futuristic uses of camera phones being investigated in Intel's research labs, reports Linx Devices.
The global proliferation of cell phones with cameras brings more opportunities to use mobile phone devices in different capacities -- and the best part is that these applications require no additional hardware.
In Intel's research, camera phones are being used as pointing devices, authentication devices, storage devices, and even as user interfaces for systems that, because of cost and/or form factor, aren't able to accommodate a display of their own.
Learn more about potential future applications for camera phones from this fascinating whitepaper by a senior researcher with Intel Research in Cambridge, U.K.
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