Smartphone Thoughts Previews Microsoft Research's AURA

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,13963' target='_blank'>http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/a...on=expand,13963</a><br /><br /></div><i>"AURA stands for Advanced User Resource Annotation. Behind the fancy name is an amazing technology that enables the Windows Mobile devices to read product barcodes and pull up product information... Every time you go shopping or you are in the library, and want to get more information on a product. Whether it is the reviews or the price in the competing stores, AURA shows how it can be done in a snap. The other big use for this prototype is that we can now record and track the products that we own."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/Kris-Aura-Lens3Small.jpg" /><br /><br />Kris Kumar of Smartphone Thoughts previews this very intriguing new solution from Microsoft Research. Kris mentions some very interesting use cases which I think could be of benefit to most any of us. Check out his article as there's a plethora of photos, screenshots, and observations to share.

[Steve Jordan]

A nice idea. I would have simply created a mini laser scanner that plugged into the WM device or communicated with it wirelessly (after all, they don't all cameras, do they?) , but this works, too.