October 11, 2004
Cell-phone system lets zoo visitors see animals move
A system that allows zoo visitors to see unusual images and sounds of zoo animals by scanning a code with their cell phones is being introduced at a municipal zoo in Japan, reports the Mainichi Daily News via Roland Piquepaille's Smart Trends.
"The system, in which users of camera-equipped cell phones scan a digital code to view Internet images of the animals on their phones, will be introduced at Chiba Zoological Park on Saturday. It is reportedly the first system of its kind to be introduced at a zoo. "
Under the system, codes for cell phones are set up outside animals' cages. When users scan the codes with NTT DoCoMo phones capable of reading QR codes, they can connect to the Internet and receive images and sounds of the animals.
Among the sounds and images uses can receive are the catlike cry of the ring-tailed lemur and the images of an Egyptian vulture smashing an ostrich egg with a stone.
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