Showing posts with label phones are getting so cool. Show all posts
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23 September 2011

Library Crime News: Only Two But You Will Lose Hope For Humanity

The library justice system the people are separated by two separate but equal parts, the librarians, who investigate the crimes, and the administration, who... well, they administer.  And sometimes the two are the same people.  Or person.  Stuff happens.  These are their stories.

In Colonie, NY a man stands accused of taking pictures in a library up a woman's skirt with a cell phone.  The two were in the Colonie Public Library when the woman felt uncomfortable with the man across from her.  When she went to stand, she heard the sound of a camera.  After police were called, the man was found to be taking photos of the woman from under the table.  WNYT
What the fuck is wrong with you, dude?  Put your phone on silent in the library.  That's just rude.  Bet he talks in movie theatres, too.

The Thompson Library in Thompson, Connecticut had its windows shot out.  Multiple windows around the library were shot with a pellet gun on two separate occasions.  The windows were custom-made double-paned glass and will cost a substantial amount to replace.  WTNH 
Anyone knowing any information about this crime should beat the hell out of the people who did it.  Shooting up the library with a pellet gun?  Really?  Probably some spoiled bastard who for some reason or another can not use the Internet anymore.  At least man up and use a real gun so that its not a disappointment to find out after the headline that you are just a jerk.



08 April 2011

Wanna Read Shelves With Your Phone?

 
See the future!
A computer science professor in Ohio has developed an Android augmented reality app that will read a shelf of books and tell if they are in order or not.  Using a QR type label above the call number of the books, the phone's camera picks up the info on each item, does some number crunching, and shows the viewer which items are out of place.  Kinda like a "this one is not like the others" but all visual (see above).

Hit the jump for a video of the app at work.

Fast Company