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		<title>Playing Top Trumps with Amazon Remembers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon Mobile for iPhone was launched recently, similar to Google Goggles on Android phones, there&#8217;s a visual search option within this application called Amazon Remembers. Esentially it allows you to take a snapshot of any item and then attempts to match it with a product listed on the Amazon website. Pretty cool, right? I tried [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000291661">Amazon Mobile</a> for iPhone was launched recently, similar to <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark">Google Goggles</a> on Android phones, there&#8217;s a visual search option within this application called Amazon Remembers. Esentially it allows you to take a snapshot of any item and then attempts to match it with a product listed on the Amazon website. Pretty cool, right? I tried it out extensively and it seem to work perfectly with book and DVD covers and is okay with common household items too.</p>
<p>Wanting to push the application to it&#8217;s limits (a.k.a break it) I started experimenting with taking photos of people, to see how much everyone was &#8220;worth&#8221; &#8211; thus turning the search into a game of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Trumps">Top Trumps</a> for Faces using Amazon Remembers</strong>. Some of the search results were pretty <em>interesting</em>. For example, my lovely girlfriend in her dressing gown was listed as a &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product/dp/B002JCOWFG/ref=ar_gw_dp">Dark Grey Wool Womens Winter Coat</a>&#8221; retailing at £49.99, whereas I was listed as a &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product/dp/B001G2D5R6/ref=ar_gw_dp">Wooden Nose shaped Spectacles holder</a>&#8221; retailing at £9.99 which meant she was worth far more than me, so I totally lost the game! However, it was a win all round because that made us both LOL ourselves silly.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Amazon Top Trumps" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SYIpfeuQL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="280" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Hopefully one of these days I&#8217;ll find someone with a lower Amazon Remembers face value than myself, I tried it on my Dad and it found a &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product/dp/B001NOXDE2/ref=ar_gw_dp">Russell Collection Long Sleeve Easycare Fitted Shirt</a>&#8221; retailing at £17.99, doh!</p>
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