Scientists Design Barcode System For Zebras

A team of biologists and computer scientists has come up with a unique barcode-like system for tracking zebras called Stripespotter. The system is able to automatically identify zebras from pictures with a much higher accuracy than traditional methods. Its creators say it can be modified to track any animal with unique coat patterns such as giraffes or tigers.

It'll never work

[spartacus_prime]

They ALREADY look like bar codes.

Re:It'll never work

[Tablizer]

And they are too heavy to move up on the checkout counter in a back-and-forth motion.

Re:University of Illinois at Chicago

[JackpotMonkey]

This may be the first time in the history of slashdot where a link to pictures of animals wasn't a trap

Re:It'll never work

[WrongSizeGlass]

OK, there's a new addition on my list of "Jobs I don't ever want to have": I don't want to be the guy who has to lift up a Zebra's tail to verify his check digit.

More than you know...

[DG]

On a whim, I pointed my BlackBerry with ScanLife (one of those square barcode reader apps) at the picture of the zebras in the article, and got redirected to a Groupon for discount rates on an African safari.

Man, *everybody* has sold out.

DG