"Because the camera only needs to recognize 10 percent of an item, UPC barcodes are unnecessary."

Is this true? Can you tell the difference between a can of diced tomatoes and a can of whole tomatoes by looking at 10% of the item? Can you reliably tell the difference between the organic and conventional roma tomatoes by looking at 10% of the item?

This sounds too good to be true.

Oh, I suppose it might be possible under optimal circumstances (and the cards that Aibo can recognize were designed to be nice and distinct), but in general this article is not to be relied on for accuracy.

We didn't invent the Aibo. There are no blue ER1s. etc.

Oh, c'mon. With a picture caption like that, how can it not be accurate. Everyone knows that enventing is an important parts of science.

Thanks for the link though, that is cool stuff.