$2,000 Barcode Challenge

$2,000 (yeah, $2,000) up for Grabs
Why not give it a try?

We're a team of Brown CS students and alumns (we've also graduated from Apple and Google) building an awesome startup right here, in Providence. Our team is pretty small and we're looking for some serious talent to help us out. What better way to find talent than by creating a fun challenge?
We have a really good barcode scanner for the iPhone 3GS but we want to extend it to the older model iPhones which have a fixed-focus camera.
Be the first one to write a decoder for UPC/EAN barcodes that can decode blurry pictures of barcodes taken with a first or second generation iPhone (3G), and we’ll write your name on a $2,000 check.
You can use any language you want (Matlab, C, C++, Obj-C preferred), and any Computer Vision library, as long as we can include it in a commercial program and it’s available for C/C++/Obj-C.
You can work in teams and cooperate.
The decoder’s success rate must be of at least 85% and must run in real time (i.e.optimizable to decode a barcode in less than 0.2 seconds)
Send us an email if you are participating, so we can update you with news. challenge@dedoware.com
You have until April 26th, 2010, but you should keep us posted on your progress.Visit http://www.dedoware.com/challenge for more details

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