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- Even the mystery of the junk drawer can highlight the real world ability of AI.
- Google Lens obscured 3D printer parts from several brands.
- Scale and references still confuse the AI visual recognition tool.
We all have our junk drawer. Typically, there is one in the kitchen that keeps many small pieces of equipment, cover, cap and accessories. The bedroom often contains one one, which collects a decade pocket debris detritus. Sometimes, the workshop has a drawer or a shelf that also serves as a collection space.
These are our catch-all. They are specified places to quit goods without any designation.
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I had one in my Fab Lab which was completely out of control. Fab Lab is a climate-controlled room in my house where I keep my server, 3D printer and glowforge laser cutter. The junk drawer had a lot of random equipment, but also included dropping from 3D printers and other non-standard technical gadgets of about 10 years.
After a fairly extended time, after the end cleaned the drawer, I was left with five objects that defined identity.
Only one of me had a clue that he had an item at a distant place, because I could read “Anicubic” on plastic. Anycubic is a 3D printer seller, so clearly it was something for one of their 3D printers.
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We live in the world of Ai. What can Google Lens tell us about these items? Google lens is Google’s portal for photo-based knowledge. This is essentially a search engine for your camera. Let’s see how it works in practice.
Let’s tell us google lenses
This was an ideal use of Google lens on the iPhone. It works a lot on a modern Android device in the same way. The first step was to open the Google app and click on the lens icon.
Next, I allowed it and accepted all the precautions reading. Originally, you have to allow Google to see your photos. In this case, some of Google’s machines now know that there is some strange junk in my drawer.
I decided to start with a flexible, semi-transparent object because I had some of them, and don’t know what they were. I brought a Google lens screen and took a picture.
The results surprised me. Google correctly recognized that item as a nozzle cover for an ultimar 3D printer. I have two such ultimaker printers around 2017 and 2018. It was a deep cut for AI that was able to find. Call me impressed.
This was followed by a “Anycubic” label item. As it turns out, it is a feel gauge (something to measure the offset of hot nozzle from the build plate). This is for a 3D printer that I donated some time ago, so I do not need to keep it around. I removed it on the makerspace where I donated the printer.
A thermal sock out for next item hotand Crealeity K1 Maximum 3D PrinterHotndes can reach 300 ° C (572 ° F), and these thermal socks help protect the rest of the assembly. I could tell that it was part of a hotand, but I did not know what kind of printer is. Google Lens not only identified the brand, but is compatible with those models.
Two attempts
The next item was more challenging. Without scrolling down, can you identify it?
Google Lens found wrongly in its first attempt, incorrectly identifying it as a wooden shaker leg. I was still not sure what it was, so I looked at it more closely and felt that there was a hat that could be removed. I re -run it through Google Lens. At that time, AI got correct.
A lensate is often used to puncture the skin to pull the skin slightly, usually for use with blood sugar meters. In 3D printing, the small point can be used to puncture the puncture in tubing or nozzle. My wife brought me a house to use for the purpose when she was at a nursing school.
a failure
Interestingly, an item failed to recognize the Google lens was what I eventually missed.
There were anti-spice spikes amid incorrect suggestions. It just means. What I think was that Google Lens did not know the scale of the item, so it was just found to things that looked like flat rectangles with very few posts.
In fact, it is a nozzle wiper for a lulzbot mini 3D printer. It is a bit of flexible materials that the hot nozzle moves to wipe the excess exhale, before it continues to print.
Unfortunately, I threw the item on taking these pictures, because I had an idea right now. If I put a penny in the picture next to the object, will he give a Google lens scale, or will Google Lens just identify Penny?
In any case, the Google lens is very impressive. Have you tried to use it to identify something quite vague? Have you seen that it has been confused on the size of the object? Let us know in the comments below.
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