Mobile Camera Phone Knows What It’s Looking At

We’re one step closer to creating the Terminator with iVisit’s “SeeScan” object recognition technology. Intended for the blind and visually impaired, enabled mobile devices can announce the name of an object after looking it over with its camera. Identification only takes a second or two, and the video above shows how the device even recognizes a $20 bill even when it’s folded up. It can also provide estimates of range and orientation, detect landmarks and provide directions with GPS and Google Maps. Beta versions are coming later this year on major 3G network and Windows Mobile phones, with Symbian and iPhone versions to follow.  [thanks Eyal]