This is really cool. IF only I could find an app that does this with bugs.
Identify Plants with an App
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#72I wanted to do something similar for snakes once, but after some thought it didn't seem like the safest idea.
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#73I trained my kids, first for mushrooms, then for flowers and trees. They are better then any app :). But definitely would love to have an app to confirm our findings sometimes.
Train them to find truffle and you got a business.
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#74or go get a book on plants and you will be able to identify them pretty easy. The guidebooks ask you questions to narrow it down (how many petals does the flower have? for example). you dont need any knowledge going into using one, and you'll learn to observe and appreciate plants more as well through the process of IDing! newcombs wildflower is the go-to for beginners on the east coast but there are many.
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#75Finally, I can identify mushrooms that will kill me and eat the ones that won't.
There are old mushroom eaters and there are bold mushroom eaters, but there are no old bold mushroom eaters.
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#76Weirdly, the site disables the normal scrollbar but adds a new one inset, which doesn't respond to SPACE to scroll down.
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#77/r/whatsthisplant FTW
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#78When can we get this for identifying plants/animals/rocks/fungus/etc in the wild? Would love this on a phone when hiking.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Goggles (the concept) isn't dead. They moved the functionality into Google Assistant so you didn't need the app. Just hold down the home button so it takes a picture of the camera view.
Huh, I had no idea. An Easter egg, almost, as I've never seen this mentioned by Google. It works ok, send pretty beta right now. I pointed my camera at a business card and pressed the home button. Google Assistant appeared and I asked it to tell me about what was on my screen. It noticed one piece of the address, and brought up a listing for that general area, but there was no way to further inquire into any of the r…
Sorry, I should have been more clear. It's moved into the "now on tap" feature, which now links to Google Assistant. You're right though, if you ask what's in your screen it has the same effect.
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#80Finally, I can identify mushrooms that will kill me and eat the ones that won't.
Ha! An app that could differentiate LBMs (little brown mushrooms) would be impressive, indeed.