Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

pflats wrote: post #2

Just a heads-up for folks who can't/don't want to watch a video right now: This is a link to a blog post with a video in it, not a direct link to a video. (I was mislead by the [video] tag; it's from the original blog post.)

OP or admin: Please change the link desc; i purposely don't click on links with [video] when I don't want to accidentially load an auto-play video (or just don't feel like watching video) but this was a good read. Thanks.

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by spaceballs » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

pflats wrote: post #2

Just a heads-up for folks who can't/don't want to watch a video right now: This is a link to a blog post with a video in it, not a direct link to a video. (I was mislead by the [video] tag; it's from the original blog post.)

thanks for the suggestion, title was update to indicate that the post comes with a video and is not simply a video

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by athst » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 3:12 PM UTC

Amazing. This would be so useful in the morning - read stuff on your computer, take it on your phone on the bus/subway to continue reading, and then throw it up on your screen at work. They should call it "torch" or something like that - feels like you're passing the olympic flame between devices.

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by follower » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

The method of sending data back to the computer shown in the video is almost more impressive.

I've often found that it's easier to take a photo of event information on a computer screen rather than try to enter the information in my phone some other way--which always struck me as "wrong". The method demonstrated seems like a useful way of extending that action.

Another article on the same work: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/06/deep-shot-uses-c... (via http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2665639)

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by orionlogic » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 3:49 PM UTC

i am too lazy to hold up my phone to monitor several times a day.Hold up, open camera app, take photo, wait for process, get results. IMHO, this is right problem with wrong solution. We need an different interface. May be like the Apple's Airdrop and somekind of easy interface to push data from screen.

Lets not forget the argument that Apple made with not doing touchscreen on laptops and pc's etc.

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by albemuth » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 3:57 PM UTC

orionlogic wrote: post #8

i am too lazy to hold up my phone to monitor several times a day.Hold up, open camera app, take photo, wait for process, get results. IMHO, this is right problem with wrong solution. We need an different interface. May be like the Apple's Airdrop and somekind of easy interface to push data from screen. Lets not forget the argument that Apple made with not doing touchscreen on laptops and pc's etc.

The chrome2phone plugin works quite nicely for these cases

Re: Deep Shot: Google, MIT Sync PCs and Smartphones with Snap of Camera [w/ video]

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Post by epiphany47 » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 4:30 PM UTC

albemuth wrote: post #9

orionlogic wrote: post #8

i am too lazy to hold up my phone to monitor several times a day.Hold up, open camera app, take photo, wait for process, get results. IMHO, this is right problem with wrong solution. We need an different interface. May be like the Apple's Airdrop and somekind of easy interface to push data from screen. Lets not forget the argument that Apple made with not doing touchscreen on laptops and pc's etc.

The chrome2phone plugin works quite nicely for these cases

jw - is there a iPad/iPhone equivalent for chrome2phone?