Homebrew code lets the blind use PSP to identify people

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John Stracke @ Oct 23rd 2007 3:17PM

"But anyway, the PSP's eyeToy thingy-me-bob works just as good as an intergrated camera, so what's your complaint here?" -- It's extra complicated when you have to plug in an external piece. Plus, it's just bigger; while the PSP does fit in a (large) pocket, I don't think it would with the camera attached. What's really wanted is something that you can pull out and use immediately.

I suppose most cellphones wouldn't the computrons to handle the image processing needed. The N800 could probably do it, though; its CPU is about the same speed as the PSP (400MHz ARM instead of 333MHz MIPS).

Plus, the N800 doesn't have DRM keeping you from installing your own software. For this application, that could be a deciding factor.

None of this is to belittle what Battaglia did; squeezing image recognition down into an embedded CPU is extraordinary. I just think a good next step would be putting it into a more portable device.

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